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Re: Why does "apt-get upgrade {package}" upgrade all packages instead of error?

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Daniel Roberts composed on 2024-10-24 13:19 (UTC-0400):

> I've run into this a few times over the years and it can be a headache to
> resolve.

> Passing a package name to "apt-get update" results in the response "E: The
> update command takes no arguments". However, passing a package name to
> "apt-get upgrade" results in the argument being ignored and all packages
> upgraded.

> Is there some reason that this is the case? Is it a bug that has
> always existed and never fixed?

It's not like dnf or zypper or urpmi. If you wish to upgrade a package, you
apt-get install it, to replace the existing version with the current version.
Upgrading is a distro process, not a package process, as is updating. Updating is
for the mirror information that upgrade and install processes need, not already
installed packages.
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Why does "apt-get upgrade {package}" upgrade all packages instead of error? Daniel Roberts <danielmroberts@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 19:40 +0200
  Re: Why does "apt-get upgrade {package}" upgrade all packages instead  of error? Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de> - 2024-10-24 20:00 +0200
    Re: Why does "apt-get upgrade {package}" upgrade all packages instead  of error? Aldo Maggi <sentiniate@virgilio.it> - 2024-10-24 20:40 +0200
  Re: Why does "apt-get upgrade {package}" upgrade all packages instead  of error? Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-10-24 20:50 +0200
  Re: Why does "apt-get upgrade {package}" upgrade all packages  instead of error? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-25 01:30 +0200

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