Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (824 mails)

[Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>]

Leonardo Chiquitto wrote:
> I must say that this is kind of confusing, considering the help screen:
> (...)
>         patches, pch            List patches
>         list-updates, lu        List updates
>         xml-updates, xu         List updates and patches in xml format
> 
> As we have "list-updates" and "patches", it isn't straightforward for a beginner
> to guess that "list-updates" (by default) just lists patches.


Yes i agree. The texts should be improved. E.g.

   patches, pch            List all available patches.
   list-updates, lu        List updates of given type (default: patch)
   xml-updates, xu         List package and patch updates in xml format

To explain it in more detail:

- zypper patches list _all_ patches (much like zypper search -t patch)
  with special Category and Status columns.

- zypper list-updates lists available _updates_, that is, for patches it
  lists only _needed_ patches, for packages it lists only newer versions
  of those packages which are currently installed.

- xml-updates combines zypper list-updates -t package and patch and
  prints the output in xml.


I'll check the man page if it reflects what i just said :O)

Cheers

Jano
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