"apt-get install taskname^" is not documented
Bug #1186924 reported by
Axel Beckert
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apt (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
% GET https:/
+ * merged "install-task" branch (use with "apt-get install taskname^")
- * merged "install-task" branch (use with "apt-get install taskname^")
+ with "apt-get install taskname^"
(I had to use the online version as the changelog installed by the package is unfortunately truncated.)
This feature is not documented in apt-get(8)despite it seems patched into apt since Edgy. Checked the man-pages of Precise and Raring.
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| David Kalnischkies (donkult) wrote | #1 |
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| Axel Beckert (xtaran) wrote Re: [Bug 1186924] Re: "apt-get install taskname^" is not documented | #2 |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
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> (I had to use the online version as the changelog installed by the package is unfortunately truncated.)
(You can use 'apt-get changelog' to acquire complete changelogs. We (as in APT team) do not truncate the changelog, but I think its the default in Ubuntu to do this at build-time for a while now to save disk space.)
> This feature is not documented in apt-get(8)despite it seems patched into apt since Edgy. Checked the man-pages of Precise and Raring.
The "feature" is also in apt/debian as it came from there as far as I "remember" (from moving code around). Its just not usable anymore in Debian as the "Task:" line is gone from entries in the Packages files… Not sure what the state in Ubuntu is now, but I assume it is no longer used there, too… (but I haven't checked).