[Bug 1308670] Re: "apt-get -s --print-uris update" does not work on Tahr

[David Kalnischkies]

Well, this is intended behavior as our commandline parser got stricter
and allows/forbids options based on the subcommands (like update)
instead of accepting and possibly silently ignoring all options for
every subcommand confusing the hell out of users and developers alike.

Simulation (-s) is e.g. a option which had no effect for "update". And
it has also semantically no effect as "--print-uris" already expresses
the wish to do 'nothing'.

So, if this is just muscle memory, it might be painful, but I would like to ask you to retrain yourself. After all: Less typing for the same effect! ;)
If you happen to use that in a script, changing would be a good idea here, too, as said, in this case the behavior does not change at all, so you can remove it and still support any apt version as before.
In the (unlikely) even this is a very very important application hard-depending on this which can't be fixed easily, please reopen the bug and we will figure something out as a temporary workaround.

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  "apt-get -s --print-uris update" does not work on Tahr

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  On Tahr:
  $ apt-get -s --print-uris update
  E: Command line option 's' [from -s] is not known.

  On saucy (expected result)
  $ apt-get -s --print-uris update
  NOTE: This is only a simulation!
        apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
        Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
        so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
  ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Wed Apr 16 11:08:04 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (4 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140411)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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