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Getting this error while running apt-get --yes -V -c $CONF_FILE update command. This error is coming with ubuntu 14.04 only. For earlier version is working fine. Man page says :

-V, --verbose-versions
       Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages.
       Configuration Item: APT::Get::Show-Versions.

What is this APT::Get::Show-Versions? and how to configure.

I want -V to be working the way it was working in earlier version.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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The -V option is not meant to be used with the update command. Only upgrade or install allow this option:

Quite a while ago I wanted to ability to show the versions of packages as they get upgraded. It makes a great deal of difference to me if a package is updating from 1-3 to 1-4 vrs 1-3 to 2-1. The attached patch provides an option to print verbose versions on installs or upgrades. It uses the command line option -V or --verbose-versions or the config item APT::Get::Show-Versions.

Source: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=131779

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