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On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:36:30 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> As to the CLI, it is only "fool proof" from the fact that the "fools"
> are one or more of: 1) unaware it exists, 2) afraid of it or 3) do not
> know anything about how to use it.

$ apt list | grep zypper

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in 
scripts.

Odd warning that you only seem to get if you pipe the output to 
something.