Also install package updates about katprep HOT 7 CLOSED

Unfortunately, the Foreman API currently offers no call for this.

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Things have changed, yas: https://theforeman.org/plugins/katello/3.5/api/apidoc/v2/host_packages.html

PUT /api/hosts/:host_id/packages/upgrade_all 
Update packages remotely

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Investigating in branch feature-pkg_updates-issue33

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Was thinking about adding an exclude parameter to katprep_maintenance - unfortunately I found no way to implement this. The API call upgrade_all upgrades all packages, while upgrade requires a list of package IDs. For this it would be necessary to have a list of "upgradable" packages for a particular host - and there is no such API call.

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In the web interface it is possible to list available package upgrades, so there must be a way to retrieve this information. Gonna ask the developers.

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In the web interface it is possible to list available package upgrades, so there must be a way to retrieve this information. Gonna ask the developers.
Discussion started: https://community.theforeman.org/t/looking-for-api-call-for-retrieving-upgradable-packages-per-content-host/9985

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Added code for installing all available package upgrades in commit 63ba47a.
Successfully tested with Foreman 1.17.1 and Katello 3.6.

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