Debian/Ubuntu: Show available updates (or control if all updates are installed)

[Johannes Kastl]

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Hi everyone,

is it possible to show all available updates on Debian/Ubuntu/...
via apt? Or rather, check if all updates have been installed without
errors?

Basically something like this (which does not work, I have not
tested why):

> ---
>
> - name: refresh cache
> apt: update_cache=yes
>
>
> - name: Show all available updates become: true shell: apt-get
> upgrade -u | mail -s "Available Updates on $(hostname -f)" root

Thanks in advance!

Johannes
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[Tobias Wolf]

For one thing, once my apt module pull request #2944 gets merged you can use « --check --diff » to see the list of packages to be upgraded.

[Johannes Kastl]

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Am 12.02.16 schrieb Tobias Wolf:

> For one thing, once my apt module pull request #2944 gets merged
> you can use « --check --diff » to see the list of packages to be
> upgraded.

Nice to know, thanks!

Johannes
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