Output of "yum list installed"

[Bill Davidsen]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:09:04 -0400, Bill wrote:
> 
>>> Coincidence. Yum cannot know that there are updates in repos which
>>> are not enabled.
>>>
>> If the repos were enabled at one time and the data is still available it can be 
>> checked,
> 
> It doesn't load the metadata. Not even the cached one.
> 
> Unlike "yum list available", which even refreshes _disabled_ repos.
> 
>> and of course yum knows when/if the package installed came from a repo 
>> which is not currently enabled.
> 
> Only if the installation history is found in yumdb (see /usr/sbin/yumdb),
> but it cannot rely on that information, and deleting yumdb doesn't change
> the colours in "yum list installed" output. All I does is to compare the
> installed package with the metadata for the enabled repos and detect the
> different version.  Then it prints the package in yellow, not in
> red. Additionally, it looks at yumdb to find out from which repo the
> installed package came from and prints out that detail.
> 
Sorry, you are absolutely right, I was looking at the output of just list, not 
list installed. I really don't use the installed form, and just fell into 
thinking it was what I usually see.

Sorry for any confusion.

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