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DNF5-CHECK-UPGRADE(8) dnf5 DNF5-CHECK-UPGRADE(8)

NAME

dnf5-check-upgrade - 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

Print the package changelogs.


Include content contained in advisories with specified name.
This is a list option.
Expected values are advisory IDs, e.g. FEDORA-2201-123.
Any transaction command (install, upgrade) will fail with an error if there is no existing advisory in the list; this can be bypassed by using the --skip-unavailable switch.


Include content contained in advisories with specified severity.
This is a list option.
Accepted values are: critical, important, moderate, low, none.


Include content contained in advisories that fix a ticket of the given Bugzilla ID.
This is a list option.
Expected values are numeric IDs, e.g. 123123.
Any transaction command (install, upgrade) will fail with an error if there is no advisory fixing the given ticket; this can be bypassed by using the --skip-unavailable switch.


Include content contained in advisories that fix a ticket of the 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.
Any transaction command (install, upgrade) will fail with an error if there is no advisory fixing the given ticket; this can be bypassed by using the --skip-unavailable switch.


Include content contained in security advisories.


Include content contained in bugfix advisories.


Include content contained in enhancement advisories.


Include content contained in newpackage advisories.


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

Print a list of packages that have updates available.

Print changelogs for all packages with pending updates.


SEE ALSO

dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification <#specs-misc-ref-label>



Author

See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

Copyright

Contributors to the dnf5 project.

July 18, 2025