The output of choco sync --noop (or --whatif) is unhelpful, and not what you might expect.
It would be nice if this would output a list of packages it would create if not in noop mode.
As an addition, though I gather you can provide an output path for the generated packages, there is no way to generate-and-not-install them - it would be nice if we could allow a non-elevated user (or process) to generate the appropriate packages.
Why Is It Needed
Customers may want to see (or store) the potential results of a sync operation without generating (or installing) the resultant packages (e.g. if the user is not an admin). Arguably, the output should be more detailed than it is.
Description
The output of
choco sync --noop(or--whatif) is unhelpful, and not what you might expect.It would be nice if this would output a list of packages it would create if not in noop mode.
As an addition, though I gather you can provide an output path for the generated packages, there is no way to generate-and-not-install them - it would be nice if we could allow a non-elevated user (or process) to generate the appropriate packages.
Why Is It Needed
Customers may want to see (or store) the potential results of a
syncoperation without generating (or installing) the resultant packages (e.g. if the user is not an admin). Arguably, the output should be more detailed than it is.Related Issues and Tickets
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