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This thread is going on and on. SuSE delivers a *GREAT* product. But, as many others, I have some problems with YaST2. But I think the solution to this (and particulary for SuSE) is very simple. Make YaST1 available to the community. All those people complaining can then be productive and create a YaST1 that is compatible with the 'sysconfig' structure which is one of the major changes between 7.3 and 8.0.

SuSE happy (because they don't have to change yast2), and everybody else happy 'cause they can hack away and create a YaST1 XP++++ that will become the best configuration utility ever!!!

Create a project at sourceforge import the the files delivered by the above tar.gz files and your settled

Anyone daft enough to attempt such a task would be much better off starting with the YaST2 source and fitting a decent, YaST1-alike, interface in front of it, then adding any additional functionality they think is missing. If SuSE didn't think updating YaST1 to SuSE-8.0 was a feasible proposition, I can't see anyone else having any success. -- 1:35pm up 7 days, 4:14, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.00, 0.00

just to let you know; I tried to install the original 7.3 rpm at an 8.0 system, but this is not possible due to file conflicts. That would be the first thing to resolve. linux09:/usr/tmp # rpm -Uvh --test yast-1.13.3-5.i386.rpm file /sbin/YaST from install of yast-1.13.3-5 conflicts with file from package yast2-2.5.99-0 file /sbin/yast from install of yast-1.13.3-5 conflicts with file from package yast2-2.5.99-0 file /sbin/zast from install of yast-1.13.3-5 conflicts with file from package yast2-2.5.99-0 linux09:~> ls -l /sbin/YaST lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 May 13 15:21 /sbin/YaST -> /sbin/yast2 rbos@hvslinux09:~> ls -l /sbin/yast lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 May 13 15:21 /sbin/yast -> /sbin/yast2 rbos@hvslinux09:~> ls -l /sbin/zast lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 May 13 15:21 /sbin/zast -> /sbin/yast2 /sbin/yast2 is a shell script. If the file conflicts have been resolve, it would I think already be possible to install yast and to use it for e.g. installing rpms. Op woensdag 31 juli 2002 13:45, schreef Richard Bos:

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===== Original Message From "Berge, Harry ten" ===== This thread is going on and on. SuSE delivers a *GREAT* product. But, as many others, I have some problems with YaST2. But I think the solution to this (and particulary for SuSE) is very simple. Make YaST1 available to the community. All those people complaining can then be productive and create a YaST1 that is compatible with the 'sysconfig' structure which is one of the major changes between 7.3 and 8.0.

SuSE happy (because they don't have to change yast2), and everybody else happy 'cause they can hack away and create a YaST1 XP++++ that will become the best configuration utility ever!!!

the source can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/7.3-i386/SRPMS.update/yast-1.13.3 -5. src.rpm

Download gives: yast-1.13.3-5.src.rpm

mkdir /usr//tmp/yast cd /usr//tmp/yast rpm2cpio yast-1.13.3-5.src.rpm > yast-1.13.3-5.src.cpio cpio -id < yast-1.13.3-5.src.cpio

most relevant packages seem to be: yast-1.13.3.tar.gz yast.fdisk.tar.gz yast.misc.tar.gz

Now get the *spec file by installing the srpm.

Create a project at sourceforge import the the files delivered by the above tar.gz files and your settled :)

Happy hacking :)

-- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless