On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 03:45:35PM +0100, Martin Seidler wrote: [ 8< ]
2) But as I am not able to see the name of the packages in the search results (unless I use the trick with the URL of the Link) it is still pretty difficult to find a package for the fitting kernel version number like 3.1.9-1.4
I would like to see the information like the name of the file r8168-kmp-desktop-8.027.00_k*3.1.0_1.2-7.1*.x86_64.rpm
How do you like to get this information displayed? As a mouse pointer over action? Messing the screen up should be avoided. The layout must stay as simple als possible.
without going the way:
http://software.opensuse.org/package/r8168-kmp-desktop?search_term=r8168 (klick, klick, klick, klick, ...) -> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?project=home:TheTiger&package=r8168 -> https://build.opensuse.org/package/binaries?package=r8168&project=home%3ATheTiger&repository=openSUSE_12.1 -> "... r8168-kmp-desktop-8.027.00_k3.1.0_1.2-7.1.x86_64.rpm ... "
Maybe I am not learned enough to understand that kernel module things and I could use kernel modules build for a 3.1.0_1.2-7.1 openSUSE kernel version also for a kernel with a 3.1.9-1.4 version number but I thought things like that would be important.
As long as the ABI stays stable and bug fixing doesn't require an update the weak update mechanism handle this. As the result the /lib/modules/3.1.9-*/weak-updates/updates/nvidia.ko sym link points to /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/updates/nvidia.ko for example in the case you're runnig your system with the default kernel flavour. http://lists.openSUSE.org/opensuse/2012-03/msg00827.html Thanks, Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany