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

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
Tue Jan 6 01:35:04 UTC 2004


On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 08:05:25PM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> > Yes, so how about the "notinstalled" = "available" - "updates" suggestion?
> 
> why does it make enough difference to make an entirely separate keyword
> for it?
> 
> What use is it?

To see the not installed, but available software?

Anyway, no big deal, the original suggestion was to modify the
existing keywords to get this functionality. If you don't like keyword
inflation you could consider dropping "available", as this is then
trivially retrieved with the remaining two.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
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