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  • What is the difference between yum updateinfo list available/all?

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    Hello folks,

    I'm somewhat confused about the difference in the following to commands. From yum(8):

    updateinfo
    [...]
    yum updateinfo list [all | available | installed | updates]
    [...]
    which all display information about the available update infor-
    mation relevant to your machine (including anything installed, if you supply "all").
    [...]
    * available Is used to display information about advisories for
    packages available for updating or installation.
    * all Is used to display information about both installed and
    available advisories.

    So

    available
    shows information for packages whether they are installed or not. Because it says "available for updating or installation." For me that sounds like the same as in the option
    all
    .

    But the two opitions show different results:

    # yum updateinfo list available | wc -l
    19148
    # yum updateinfo list all | wc -l
    20473
    

    Could someone explain the difference between the to options to me, please?

    Regards,
    Joerg

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