Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 01:18:55AM +0200, Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
openSUSE comes with python-virtualbox 4.0.4-1.2.3, and an update was released: python-virtualbox 4.0.4-1.6.1 No problem with these *packages*, but then there are the *patches*. Patches are something only ZYpp devs fully understand that are useful, if I understood it correctly, because provides a way to give more and better information to the user (multiple packages as a single security update, whether a reboot is needed, category, etc.).
The idea if patches is quite simple. :)
A patch has multiple relations of packageN >= versionN
If you have packageN installed, the update stack will ensure that it at least versionN as listed in the patch to guarantee that bug X or security issue Y is fixed.
The patch also contains some metadata (text, links) to bring knowledge of above bugs/security issues.
The issue here is that there are 2 different package release number spaces, one is 11.4 + updates and 11.4 + tumbleweed, both might be difficult to keep in sync. We could bring this up to Adrian or other OBS developers to see if they can do something.
Why do patches trigger on packages from unrelated repositories/vendors anyways? I thought that was fixed? cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org