RE: Listing packages on hosts or hosts with packages

Will P writes:
> Note that the questions could be answered in two subtly
> different ways: (a) looking at what the state says [as you
> suggest], and (b) looking at the ARK source, which tells you
> what the state *should* say :-).  If you're lucky, the two
> say the same thing.

Reality (a) has a tendency to drift from the ideal (b).  Some examples:

Ideal:  installed
Actual:  missing
Reason:  Host was down when package was installed.
Another reason:  Have not run "ark package install" yet.

Ideal:  indeterminant
Actual:  missing or installed
Reason:  Packages marked "deprecated" may or may not be installed

Thanks for the script.


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