outdated - every now and then lists packages with identical versions

[KurtPfeifle]

Every now and then choco outdated lists packages with identical versions.

Here is an example, happening just now, where ack and Atom are listed as outdated, with the same versions for current as well as available:

> choco outdated                                                           
Outdated Packages                                                          
 Output is package name | current version | available version | pinned?    

ack|2.14|2.14|false                                                        
Atom|1.0.7|1.0.7|false                                                     
Far|3.0.4242|3.0.4700|false                                                

Chocolatey has determined 1 package(s) are outdated.
 2 package(s) had warnings..
Warnings:
 - ack
 - atom

Admittedly, there is also a warning about the same two packages. However, it is confusing: there is no explanation about what caused the so-called "warnings".

choco outdated should only list really outdated packages...

...or it should add more details about why it thinks it should print a warning message.

[ferventcoder]

I wonder if it is #580.

[ferventcoder]

No, not the same thing. I'm guessing that will show up in the logs. Same address. I think this may be a bug?

[ferventcoder]

Typically due to not being able to find a package.

[bc3tech]

+1 this for me:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> choco outdated
Chocolatey v0.10.0 Business
Outdated Packages
 Output is package name | current version | available version | pinned?

checksum|0.0.3|0.1.0|false
franz|4.0.4-beta|4.0.4-beta|false
GoogleChrome|51.0.2704.106|53.0.2785.116|false
SourceTree|1.9.1.1|1.9.6.1|true
teamviewer|11.0.62308|11.0.65452|false
VisualStudioCode|1.5.1|1.5.2|false
yammer-notifier|1.2.0.851|1.2.0.851|false

Chocolatey has determined 4 package(s) are outdated.
 3 package(s) had warnings..
Warnings:
 - sourcetree
 - franz
 - yammer-notifier

notice franz and yammer-notifier

[ferventcoder]

Any of these in the list pinned? I think attempting to find out what is causing the warning would be best.

[ferventcoder]

These packages all share that they are on the community repository as well.

[bc3tech]

@ferventcoder
according to the output (|false) no, the problematic ones aren't pinned.
clist is still broken for online searching, it appears, but i tried to get the relevant information for ya:

PS C:\Users> clist "yammer-notifier" -all
Chocolatey v0.10.0 Business
0 packages found.
PS C:\Users> clist yammer-notifier -all
Chocolatey v0.10.0 Business
0 packages found.
PS C:\Users> clist yammer -lo
Chocolatey v0.10.0 Business
yammer-notifier 1.2.0.851
1 packages installed.
PS C:\Users> clist yammer -all
Chocolatey v0.10.0 Business
0 packages found.

I think the issue may lie w/ exempted packages after analyzing this a bit further. yammer-notifier has an exempted pkg on chocolatey.org, and franz is one.

And to answer your q in more detail:

PS C:\Users> choco pin list
Chocolatey v0.10.0 Business
notepadplusplus|6.9.2
paint.net|4.0.6
RoboForm|7.9.10.0
SourceTree|1.9.1.1

[ferventcoder]

I'm guessing something in the chocolatey.org codebase doesn't necessarily update the index when an exempted package is updated? So then it waits for the cache timeout to occur.

[bc3tech]

"0 packages" != "cache timeout" ;) but that's a separate issue

[ferventcoder]

Each package gets updated in the index individually and works to update caches for that package specifically.

[ferventcoder]

We've added the switch for --ignore-unfound - next time you see this, run with that and see if those disappear.