Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (47 mails)

[Jano Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Sylvester Lykkehus wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I've skipped using the built in software management in openSUSE for the
> past 3-4 releases, as I have been using the 'smart package manager' to
> do my updates and even dist upgrades.
>
> I have had my eyes on libzypp for a while, for it's great performance
> compared to smart.

Glad to read this :O)

> I have 2 questions for libzypp and the zypper commandline tool:
>
> 1. Is there any way to completely and forcefully disable the vendor
> check ? I now that I can add trusted vendors to the list, but that is
> not my objective. I rely on the repo priority, and do not wish to use
> the vendor check feature of libzypp.

None that i know of. CCing to zypp-devel mailing list.

> 2. 'Download first - install after' behavior. I remember someone
> mentioning a 'secret' unsupported option or configuration for zypp to
> start installation, only after/if all packages have been downloaded
> first. I just don't remember what it was.

--dry-run with keeppackages turned on. It wasn't really secret, but i
admit even i (one of zypp(er) developers) did not get the idea of using
it for this purpose :O) Josef did. He already posted the link in the
other mail, but here it is again:
http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/10/30/how-survive-zypper-dup-on-system-with-bad-internet-connection/

-- 
cheers,
jano


 Ján Kupec
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