Re: Complaint and question about 16.0

Jon Cosby via openSUSE Users <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.general
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On Saturday, June 20th, 2026 at 7:18 PM, Robert Webb via openSUSE Users <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> When I get KDE notifications on Leap that updates are available, I run
> 'zypper up'.  When is it appropriate to use 'zypper patch'?
> 
> Will 'zypper up' install any needed patches?
> 
> Will 'zypper patch' install any non-patch updates?
> 
> If the answers are in the documentation, where?
> -- 
> Robert Webb
> 

'zypper up' updates software to the newest version, where available. 'zypper patch' only installs needed patches. patch is quicker, and maybe more stable.


Jon Cosby
seattlebluesblog.com
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