Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (379 mails)

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 12:22:16PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> All,
>
> Is there a simple way security updates can be tested to install
> cleanly on a Tumbleweed system?
>
> Can we make that part of the process somehow?

No, that's not up to the security or maintance people, that's up to the
tumbleweed developers.

> == details
>
> I just tried to do a YOU, but I get a conflict that a typical user
> should not have to face just because they're using Tumbleweed:

What's a "YOU"?

> ===
> #### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2011-04-01 11:29:43 ####
>
> patch:python-virtualbox-4219.noarch conflicts with
> virtualbox-qt.x86_64 < 4.0.4-1.6.1 provided by
> virtualbox-qt-4.0.4-1.2.x86_64

What is causing this conflict?  What is "python-virtualbox"?  Does it
not come from the main virtualbox repo?  If not, it looks like just
adding it to tumbleweed would resolve the issue, right?

>     [ ] Following actions will be done:
> install virtualbox-qt-4.0.4-1.6.1.x86_64 (with vendor change)
>   obs://build.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Tumbleweed  -->  openSUSE
> install virtualbox-4.0.4-1.6.1.x86_64 (with vendor change)
>   obs://build.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Tumbleweed  -->  openSUSE
>     [ ] do not install patch:python-virtualbox-4219.noarch
>
> #### YaST2 conflicts list END ###
> ==========
>
> If I revert virtualbox-qt to the OSS version, it will break due to a
> kernel incompatibility I'm pretty sure.
>
> Because I know that, I can choose not to install the
> patch:python-virtualbox-4219.noarch.
>
> For me it's not that big an issue, but it is not knowledge a typical user has.

Why not?  What's the "typical" tumbleweed user?  :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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