Re: Complaint and question about 16.0

21.06.2026 05:18, Robert Webb via openSUSE Users wrote:
>   On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:35:50 +0200, "Carlos E. R. via openSUSE Users" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 2026-06-19 01:31, Jon Cosby via openSUSE Users wrote:
> 
>>> dup on Leap? Am I missing something? I usually stop at 'zypper up' or 'zypper patch'.
>>
>> Oh, sorry, you are right. Somehow I thought he was talking of the
>> migration tool.
>>
>> Ok, in this case you can use the GUI myrlyn or the CLI zypper patch,
>> zypper up.
> 
> When I get KDE notifications on Leap that updates are available, I run
> 'zypper up'.  When is it appropriate to use 'zypper patch'?
> 

When all configured repositories offer patches. Which is practice means 
only standard repositories managed by openSUSE.

> Will 'zypper up' install any needed patches?
> 

It may silently skip update if it cannot be installed due to 
dependencies issues.

> Will 'zypper patch' install any non-patch updates?
> 

No.

> If the answers are in the documentation, where?
> -- 
> Robert Webb