On Saturday, 24 December 2016 14:33:11 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > One thing, man apt-get doesn't list a -u here. What is it for?
>
> It's not a new option. https://manned.org/apt-get.8 says
>
> -u, --show-upgraded
> Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that
> are to be upgraded.
>
> But https://manned.org/apt-get/7ce43a70, which is a different version,
> doesn't list it, so perhaps Ubuntu have mucked with it recently.
>
> My fingers just know to type it. Next time there are things to upgrade,
> you might want to try with and without to see the difference.
man apt-get
includes:
*--no-show-upgraded*
So I suspected the -u behaviour is the default now.
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