http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529197 Summary: YaST should indicate that installing .src.rpm files won't actually install the package Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: PC OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: ashaduri@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- User-Agent: Opera/9.64 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; en) Presto/2.1.1 Consider a simple usage scenario: A user downloads some .src.rpm file (instead of, say, .i586.rpm, by accident). Then he/she clicks the file in Dolphin (or whatever). YaST pops up and installs the file happily. The user thinks that the program is installed, but it's nowhere to be seen. (It's actually scattered around /usr/src/packages, but there was no indication of this). What I think YaST should do is say something like "This is a source package, you probably need a binary package instead.". Some details about possible naming of the binary packages would also be nice. As a bonus, this would actually educate the users about difference between the src.rpm and .(i586|x86_64|ppc|...).rpm files (I don't recall seeing this information, not even at openSUSE package search site). Reproducible: Always openSUSE 11.1 x86_64, KDE 4.3.0 from OBS. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.