Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (83 mails)

[Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@xxxxxxx>]

* Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx> [Jun 04. 2008 16:12]:
> 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!

Yeah, thats a valid question. Maybe Michael can answer this.

Klaus
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