yay v12.0.1 regression: query outdated packages has additional output

[jonpas]

Affected Version

yay v12.0.1 - libalpm v13.0.2

Describe the bug

yay -Qum in yay v12 outputs additional information which breaks yay -Qum | wc -l used for getting a count of outdated packages.

Reproduction Steps

1. Run yay -Qum | wc -l.
2. Observe output being at least 2 even if no packages are outdated.

Expected behavior

yay -Qum to output only outdated packages.

Output

v11 example output:

$ yay -Qum
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> linux: ignoring package upgrade (6.2.8.arch1-1 => 6.2.9.arch1-1)
 -> linux-headers: ignoring package upgrade (6.2.8.arch1-1 => 6.2.9.arch1-1)
mergerfs 2.34.1-1 -> 2.35.0-1
yay-bin 11.3.2-1 -> 12.0.1-1

v12 example output:

$ yay -Qum
mergerfs 2.34.1-1 -> 2.35.0-1
yay-bin 11.3.2-1 -> 12.0.1-1

[Jguer]

wouldn't yay -Qumq | wc -l the correct command to use?

[jonpas]

I tend to agree, although most people I see on various forums are using yay -Qum.

I did try yay -Qumq as well, but in cases where you have ignored packages, it also produces output:

$ yay -Qumq
 -> linux: ignoring package upgrade (6.2.8.arch1-1 => 6.2.9.arch1-1)
 -> linux-headers: ignoring package upgrade (6.2.8.arch1-1 => 6.2.9.arch1-1)

which it did not before v12.

[Jguer]

I've checked against the output of pacman. I would not advice piping pacman -Qu neither but I see why it's being done.
Will fix it

[Jguer]

#2060 should fix it and I'll release another patched version to avoid having changes pile up.

[jonpas]

Thanks!