-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2017-02-27 02:55, Felix Miata wrote:
Carlos E. R. composed on 2017-02-27 02:03 (UTC+0100):
you have to be aware of what zypper does, in order to use it reliably. There's a limit to the amount of awareness required of a mere mortal user.
Zypper will complain of errors with applications, regardless of you "only" using packages. The very reason for the OP!
I know.
How does it get decided which package(s) comprise(s) an "application"?
Packagers do.
That's who, not how. Maybe missing or defective instructions as to how is why these messages exist, causing threads like $SUBJECT to occur.
As I said, it is work in progress. As some other said (sorry, I do not remember who, it is 4 AM en route to bed after watching a Star Trek movie), the main repos contain the metadata for "applications". Extra repos may or may not. If you install a firefox package that doesn't contain metadata that says "I am the firefox application", then the package manager thinks that the package "firefox" is installed, but that the application "firefox" is missing. And thus it complains. The issue now is that now you have to fulfil both package and application dependencies.
I want some details, case in point, google-carlito-fonts: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2017-02/msg00817.html
I don't know. I know that I want much fewer fonts than I have, selecting one is a nightmare. Removing them is impossible, zypper complains.
Zypper's been working well for me for the entirety of its existence. These "application" installation and removal messages only started appearing in zypper transactions the past year or two, or at least, I don't remember seeing them longer ago in my many years of use.
I know. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAliznIYACgkQja8UbcUWM1xziQD+L9jfaJB9fY37Ys5jho2GB+dJ XO6roAj8STsKUrEGH1EBAKECtKPYdkbBdWEhWxM3Dl/f402kH0K9v381z+rqTrvF =lEeC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org