[plug] SuSE Linux

[Quintin Lette]

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:28 pm, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:20:54PM +0800, Quintin Lette wrote:
> > I have a different issue with YOU (actually YAST2, but related)
> > that is quite pesky, to the extent I'm considering moving back to
> > debian on the desktop (i still use debian for all my server stuff
> > and anything non-i386 anyway) which is, that on installing
> > software from the distro, YAST will reinstall all the original
> > dependancies over the updated ones. I found I was constantly
> > moving back to KDE 3.0.3 when I had 3.0.5 installed.  I now update
> > manually using rpm as I am so annoyed.  Also the Conflict errors
> > can't be semi permanently suppressed, when installing 3rd party
> > software (apart from creating your own rpm, that provides for the
> > mismatched software, which sounds like too much effort).
>
> Use fou4s for fast online updates. You can do the update checks and
> downloads separately (by cron) and do only the installation
> attended. Also, specific packages can be quarantined from update via
> a config file.

the commandline version of onlineupdate does this too, the problem is not with 
the update, rather the downgrade done later whenever I decide I need to 
install a new package :( and I initially mirrored the updates at home for my 
2 desktops and 1 laptop I have installed with SuSE, so downloading files at 
100mb wasn't really that time consuming.  Reupdating after every software 
change however is (especially when KDE decides it needs to revert to the old 
version).

> > Hopefully 8.2 has addressed these issues, but I will definately
> > give it a go... if YAST still has those probs, then I guess I'll
> > try apt4rpm and if that still doesn't work... good-ol debian will
> > be on my desktop once again :)
>
> I've noticed nothing about YOU in the press releases, but my eyes
> glaze over after 25 buzz-words...