#548501 apt: undocumented feature: autoremove works like remove --autoremove

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Vincenzo Tibullo
Date:
2017-10-24 17:42:03 UTC
Severity:
minor
#548501#5
Date:
2009-09-26 15:48:48 UTC
From:
To:
apt-get man page says autoremove does not want any package parameter,
but passing one or more packages as parameter it works the same way as

    apt-get --autoremove remove pkgs

This useful feature is undocumented, please document it.
#548501#10
Date:
2017-10-24 17:38:54 UTC
From:
To:
Dear APT Developers,

Vincenzo Tibullo wrote 8 years ago:

Ping! This is still the case.

I just wanted to explain a coworker that "apt-get autoremove" doesn't
take any parameter, but it indeed does. And until I found this bug
report it was not clear to me what "apt-get automremove <package>"
really does.

So please document optional parameters for "apt-get automremove" (and
"apt autoremove").

		Regards, Axel