Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

[lostson <lostson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 02 September 2006 22:58, BandiPat wrote:
> On Saturday 02 September 2006 23:26, lostson wrote:
> > On Saturday 02 September 2006 22:10, stephan beal wrote:
> > > On Sunday 03 September 2006 04:44, BandiPat wrote:
> > > > Any of the mirrors will give you those.  Here's one:
> > > > http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/KDE:/
> > > >
> > > > What update tool are you trying to use for 10.1?  If you are
> > > > still trying to use the broken yast2, move to something more
> > > > reliable like KYum or Smart.
> > >
> > > i give up.
> > >
> > > i've added the repo, moved it to the first of the Installation
> > > Source list, i see the 3.5.4 files in the Software Management tool
> > > (but not the Online Update), but selecting any of the KDE packages
> > > for updates causes an endless stream of dependency problems related
> > > to kdebase-SUSE.
> > >
> > > On my second attempt with the Online Update i found the KDE tools.
> > > i selected kdebase for upgrade and got a dialog saying that
> > > additional packages would be added to accommodate dependencies.
> > > Great! Then i clicked ok and then the Online Update tool crashed.
> > > Same thing happens on multiple attempts.
> > >
> > > As i said, i give up. :(
> >
> >  I see tonight there are 32 updates to my kde and what you are saying
> > is don't install them right ?
>
> ========
>
> Well, you can install them, but just remember KDE will be somewhat
> broken when you do.  Anytime you update kdebase3 or kdelibs3 files, you
> should restart KDE to clear up any inconsistencies the new files may
> have caused.  Due to something not done correctly with the kdebase3
> files on this latest build, kdeinit does not get started, so you have
> to do a little fix for that.
>
> If you remember to do the symlink, as I pointed out, you'll be ok until
> the next build update when SuSE fixes the problem.  If you don't feel
> adventurous though, stay where you are.
>
> regards,
> Lee

 My question is how does something as simple as that get broken ?? 

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