Re: Complaint and question about 16.0
Felix Miata <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:35:23 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.suse.general |
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| Organization | less than infinite |
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Robert Webb composed on 2026-06-21 02:18 (UTC): > 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? up installs complete updated rpms. patch installs only changed portions of updated rpms, with the result that the installed version becomes the same as if up had been run. Patch involves more CPU time but with less bandwidth to fetch, which used to matter when bandwidth was more precious and/or slow. For the entire lifetime of zypper I've never used patch, roughly 20 years. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata