[Fwd: Issue #3553: Debian based UpdateVM does not support --action=list or reinstall]

[awokd]

[No responses from qubes-users, trying here next!]

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3553

Like the title says, Debian based UpdateVM does not support --action=list
or reinstall. Error message says:

ERROR: yum version installed in VM host does not suppport --downloadonly
option
ERROR: only 'install' and 'upgrade' actions supported (list not)

It's easy enough to come up with a work-around for reinstall, but what
would be the work-around for the following?

sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-unstable --action=list
kernel-qubes-vm

Apologies if this is answered somewhere else; could not locate it.

Ideally the command/work-around would be available from dom0 without the
user having to figure out what UpdateVM he happens to be using.
Suggestions?

[Chris Laprise]

Debian doesn't have the required toolset for full rpm support, so I
think the only answer is for the user to keep a Fedora-based VM on hand
if they wish to do anything more with packages in dom0 than simple updates.

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[awokd]

On Sun, February 11, 2018 2:41 am, Chris Laprise wrote:

>> Ideally the command/work-around would be available from dom0 without
>> the user having to figure out what UpdateVM he happens to be using.
>> Suggestions?
>>
>
> Debian doesn't have the required toolset for full rpm support, so I
> think the only answer is for the user to keep a Fedora-based VM on hand if
> they wish to do anything more with packages in dom0 than simple updates.

Any kind of clever hack like qvm-run $updatevm apt list that would
accomplish the same thing?