On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 10:08:45PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Just out of curiosity: is there an equivalent for 'apt-get update' > (checking for updates without actually installing them)?
"apt-get update" doesn't check for updates without actually installing them: it updates the local cache of package information. There is no real yum equivalent for "apt-get update": nearly all yum commands perform a package info cache update before running (which is why it can be very slow). "yum check-update" will update the local package cache and tell you which installed packages could be updated. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
