Check-Upgrade Command

Synopsis

dnf5 check-upgrade [options] [<package-spec>...]

Description

Non-interactively checks for available updates of specified packages. If no <package-spec> is provided, it checks for updates for the entire system.

DNF5 will exit with code 100` if updates are available and list them; 0 if no updates are available.

Options

--changelogs

Print the package changelogs.

--advisories=ADVISORY_NAME,...

Consider only content contained in advisories with specified name.

This is a list option.

Expected values are advisory IDs, e.g. FEDORA-2201-123.

--advisory-severities=ADVISORY_SEVERITY,...

Consider only content contained in advisories with specified severity.

This is a list option.

Accepted values are: critical, important, moderate, low, none.

--bzs=BUGZILLA_ID,...

Consider only content contained in advisories that fix a ticket of given Bugzilla ID.

This is a list option.

Expected values are numeric IDs, e.g. 123123.

--cves=CVE_ID,...

Consider only content contained in advisories that fix a ticket of given CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) ID.

This is a list option.

Expected values are string IDs in CVE format, e.g. CVE-2201-0123.

--security

Consider only content contained in security advisories.

--bugfix

Consider only content contained in bugfix advisories.

--enhancement

Consider only content contained in enhancement advisories.

--newpackage

Consider only content contained in newpackage advisories.

--minimal

Reports the lowest versions of packages that fix advisories of type bugfix, enhancement, security, or

newpackage. In case that any option limiting advisories is used it reports the lowest versions of packages

that fix advisories matching selected advisory properties”

Examples

dnf5 check-upgrade

Print a list of packages that have updates available.

dnf5 check-upgrade --changelogs

Print changelogs for all packages with pending updates.

See Also

dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification