-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm using SuSE 8.2, but I think this question is general. OK: Dumb question... When in the menu to select software to install, some of the items will appear in red. What does this mean? Likewise, when selecting changes to install with YOU, some of the changes will be in red, some in black, some in blue. What does this mean? I've searched the documentation, but I don't see any mention of the color coding. I'm absolutely certain it's intended to tell me something, but it's not intuitively obvious - at least to me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAS0JJjeziQOokQnARAim9AJ9S0c9X+6t4/HAzboB7yHdDhFFTrACfUm9R BaKoMy2nGjBMYaq48L66aRE= =gWfv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Michael Satterwhite wrote:
I'm using SuSE 8.2, but I think this question is general. OK: Dumb question...
Not as dumb as not asking.
I've searched the documentation, but I don't see any mention of the color coding. I'm absolutely certain it's intended to tell me something, but it's not intuitively obvious - at least to me.
It actually tells you in the 'Kind' column, assuming you have it. Red is for security, blue for recommended and black for optional. -- JDL Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 07 March 2004 15:18, John Lamb wrote:
Michael Satterwhite wrote:
I'm using SuSE 8.2, but I think this question is general. OK: Dumb question...
Not as dumb as not asking.
I've searched the documentation, but I don't see any mention of the color coding. I'm absolutely certain it's intended to tell me something, but it's not intuitively obvious - at least to me.
It actually tells you in the 'Kind' column, assuming you have it. Red is for security, blue for recommended and black for optional.
I didn't make the connection between the "Kind" column and the color. That explains the colors in YOU. What do the colors mean in the "Install and Remove Software" section? I only see red and black there, but the ones that are red (like a ksteak) doesn't seem to have an special importance (although I could always be wrong). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAS6ZmjeziQOokQnARAqEfAJwODOiHPRbnww0LKmq/oS3jWgd0LwCeIVCR +8P+CBUfCpv5z0A97pm9EDQ= =Twuv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sunday 07 March 2004 17:47, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
On Sunday 07 March 2004 15:18, John Lamb wrote:
Michael Satterwhite wrote:
I'm using SuSE 8.2, but I think this question is general. OK: Dumb question...
Not as dumb as not asking.
I've searched the documentation, but I don't see any mention of the color coding. I'm absolutely certain it's intended to tell me something, but it's not intuitively obvious - at least to me.
It actually tells you in the 'Kind' column, assuming you have it. Red is for security, blue for recommended and black for optional.
I didn't make the connection between the "Kind" column and the color. That explains the colors in YOU. What do the colors mean in the "Install and Remove Software" section? I only see red and black there, but the ones that are red (like a ksteak) doesn't seem to have an special importance (although I could always be wrong).
Red means you have a version installed that is newer than the version on the original installation media. As an example, if you had the athlon linux kernel installed ("k_athlon") and its version from the original installation media was 2.4.21-99 and you updated it to the latest version of 2.4.21-192 through YOU, then went into "Install and Remove Software" in YaST and searched for "kernel" or "k_athlon," "k_athlon" would show in red and also list what version you have installed under the "Inst. Ver." column to the right of the "Avail. Ver." column.
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