[Yum] Re: What is the difference between the following options : updates, available and extras

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 12:32:03PM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 12:06, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:01:32AM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 10:48, Harish Chauhan wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Can anybody mail me the difference between the following options :
> > > > 
> > > > 1. yum list updates
> > >  lists updates available for your system.
> > > 
> > > > 2. yum list available
> > >   lists all packages available for updates or to be installed.
> > 
> > Maybe that should list only the latter since "updates" is already
> > listing the first part? Or maybe a new list command ("notinstalled")
> > for listing "packages available, but not installed"?
> 
> But a package available for update is also available.

Yes, so how about the "notinstalled" = "available" - "updates" suggestion?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
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