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Re: [zypp-devel] Re: keep kernels
  • From: Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:50:28 +0200
  • Message-id: <48BD60C4.8060307@xxxxxxx>
Michael Matz wrote:
Hi,

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Peter Poeml wrote:

[ By the way, it would be very helpful if zypper would show package
versions and the source where it comes from (repository). The output
that it gives makes it very difficult to follow what it's trying to do.

You want "zypper -v in ...".

See also Bug #389128

What I don't find in the screen output and neither in the logs is
information about requirements that pull packages in, or cause obsoletes
or conflicts. That kind of information would be helpful too, for the
die-hard admin. It would allow me to resolve problems. ]

That's available with environment variable settings where you can see satsolver resolving rules. That is _extremely_ verbose, but you can activate it by:

Yup, it might be worth moving this kind of info the the default log, or to the upcoming 'package history' log, and/or to zypper -v in ... output (might also be another option).

cheers,
jano

ZYPP_FULLLOG=1

or (in case you only want the messages from SATsolver):

ZYPP_LIBSAT_FULLLOG=1


Ciao,
Michael.

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