how to get a list of upgradable packages from yum,apt or anothermodule

[Karl Fiabeschi]

Hi there, is it possible with the yum or apt module to obtain a list of upgradable packages without upgrading them?

Like the command "yum check-update" or "apt list --upgradable"

Only output, json format is better :)

Ty

ps i posted this question also on reddit sub with no luck

[Dick Visser]

On 30 August 2017 at 09:09, Karl Fiabeschi <1984i...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there, is it possible with the yum or apt module to obtain a list of
> upgradable packages without upgrading them?
>
> Like the command "yum check-update" or "apt list --upgradable"

No.
Those modules are meant to ensure a specific package is in a specific state.
For what you want you have to resort to the command module and parse the output.


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