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Re: [SLE] Software Updater
- From: Mike McMullin <mwmcmlln@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:35:04 -0400
- Message-id: <1149888905.14434.2.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 08:36 -1000, kanenas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Thursday 08 June 2006 02:26, Carl Hartung wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 June 2006 04:27, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > > They are not 3 consecutive posts on the "same topic".
> >
> > Clearly all three posts related to the package management / updater 'stack'
> > and patch. You need to start *one* thread that deals with your problem
> > holistically. It makes no sense to parse related content out into different
> > threads.
> >
> > > Please do NOT bring in quotes from other threads and other messages into
> > > your replies.
> >
> > I'll quote you as I see fit, Basil. You're not my editor. And don't
> > shout... it's rude.
> >
> > Carl
> Basil,
> Carl seems to be overly concerned with "pure" threads, so he might spend more
> time correcting how you post instead of helping you.
First off, if you hijack a thread that someone is ignoring then you
won't get their input and it might be exactly what you are looking for.
Some of the threads currently going on get bit-bucketed by me without
even reading what's being discussed. If you want someone's help then
you ought to make it easy for them do help you.
> I too had problems with
> getting the patch. I think I got it with my first on line update from yast,
> that's the tool i normally use, however every time i tried it it barfed, died
> and even removed it's icon from the task bar.
Well I've got it to the point that it seems to be checking on updates,
but I'm not sure.
> Can you get a list of updates to show up on Yast's on line update? If you can,
> spend the time to click on each individual entry you want installed, on both
> the available and installation columns. switch to the update icon for
> installed, just the check mark if it is a fresh install. That's the only way
> I have been able to update. Simply looking at the list and pressing <accept>
> at the bottom does not install any updates. i think the 10.1 yast gets
> confused about what's installed and needs an upgrade, so you must manually
> tell it.
> dimitris
>
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> On Thursday 08 June 2006 02:26, Carl Hartung wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 June 2006 04:27, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > > They are not 3 consecutive posts on the "same topic".
> >
> > Clearly all three posts related to the package management / updater 'stack'
> > and patch. You need to start *one* thread that deals with your problem
> > holistically. It makes no sense to parse related content out into different
> > threads.
> >
> > > Please do NOT bring in quotes from other threads and other messages into
> > > your replies.
> >
> > I'll quote you as I see fit, Basil. You're not my editor. And don't
> > shout... it's rude.
> >
> > Carl
> Basil,
> Carl seems to be overly concerned with "pure" threads, so he might spend more
> time correcting how you post instead of helping you.
First off, if you hijack a thread that someone is ignoring then you
won't get their input and it might be exactly what you are looking for.
Some of the threads currently going on get bit-bucketed by me without
even reading what's being discussed. If you want someone's help then
you ought to make it easy for them do help you.
> I too had problems with
> getting the patch. I think I got it with my first on line update from yast,
> that's the tool i normally use, however every time i tried it it barfed, died
> and even removed it's icon from the task bar.
Well I've got it to the point that it seems to be checking on updates,
but I'm not sure.
> Can you get a list of updates to show up on Yast's on line update? If you can,
> spend the time to click on each individual entry you want installed, on both
> the available and installation columns. switch to the update icon for
> installed, just the check mark if it is a fresh install. That's the only way
> I have been able to update. Simply looking at the list and pressing <accept>
> at the bottom does not install any updates. i think the 10.1 yast gets
> confused about what's installed and needs an upgrade, so you must manually
> tell it.
> dimitris
>
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