[Bug 148105] no error message when RPM database is missing
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=148105 suse-beta@cboltz.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|suse-beta@cboltz.de | ------- Comment #27 from suse-beta@cboltz.de 2006-11-09 15:35 MST ------- (In reply to comment #23)
Well, actually, I neither know what happens in case of `ignore :) Christian, are you sure, it really installs a 'fresh installation', how fresh would it be ;)?
The package selection looked as if a fresh installation would be done. However, you'll probably [1] end up with several outdated files because rpm can't clean up packages that are not installed this time (but were before). -> probably the same "interesting" result as if you do a fresh installation without formatting the partition - it should work, but wastes some hard disk space ([1] is valid here too) If you are unsure about the result, simply remove the [Ignore] button. If you are sure YaST will switch to "new installation" (easy to test: rm -r /var/lib/rpm and start an upgrade ;-) add my sentence from comment #22. I can live with both ways - the important thing is that there is an error message. The ignore button would be an extra bonus, OTOH it could also cause problems for people who blindly click ignore (well, that's their very own fault - you should always read error messages *g*) [1] No, I never did such an installation to test what will happen ;-) - I always aborted before actually writing something to the harddisk. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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