Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (83 mails)

[Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>]

Klaus Kaempf wrote:
> * Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx> [Jun 03. 2008 16:00]:
> > The results are quite different. E.g. on my workstation i currently get 
> > 2000+ packages with 'lu' while 'up' wants to upgrade only around 50.


> The difference is right and should be shown. I agree, the current
> output is puzzling and might need some additional explanation.
>
> Actually, there are three different views on available updates
>
> 1) Any update for installed packages
>    This is (according to my current understanding) the 'lu -t package'
>    output. It just takes the individual package into account.
>
> 2) Installable update for installed packages
>    This should limit the list from 1) above to actually installable
>    updates. Each such update is still looked at individually.
>    
> 3) Complete update
>    This is (according to my current understanding) the 'up -t package'
>    output. This is a further reduction to the list from 2), taking the
>    complete transaction into account.

This all sounds great, but how can the difference be so huge? I find it 
hard to believe that this is OK. It is 2000 vs 50!

cheers,
jano

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