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Module updates

Module updates 

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One overview of pending updates across the tools that keep this machine: the distribution’s package manager, an AUR helper, Flatpak and Nix. It reads what each tool already knows; an online check asks the network only through read-only commands. Updating is delegated to the tools themselves.

Structs§

Channel
One tool that updates part of the machine.
Pending
One package waiting for an update.
Places
Where to look, apart from the commands.

Functions§

apt
name/suite new arch [upgradable from: old] lines from apt list.
arrows
name old -> new lines: pacman -Qu, checkupdates, paru and yay -Qua.
columns
Tab-separated application version columns from flatpak remote-ls.
date
A UTC date, YYYY-MM-DD.
dnf
name.arch version repository lines from dnf list –upgrades.
overview
Every channel this machine has. online also asks the network, through read-only commands (checkupdates, the AUR helper, Flatpak’s remotes).
plan
A plan updating the channels in order, each through its own tool, one after another; a later channel waits for the native packages.
zypper
v | repository | name | current | available | arch rows from zypper.