On 2016-12-28 11:16, nicholas wrote:
from experience and looking around forums, how to update tumbleweed correctly is not obvious, and not clearly presented. The lack of guidence is causing confusion and problems.
The rest of this post is based on my ASSUMPTION that 'sudo zypper dup --no- allow-vendor-change' is best practice.
I agree. ...
[my own learning curve was quite painful, you should not underestimate the conceptual overhead to new user of understanding all the zypper ins and outs regarding 'packages not being updated', 'changing vendor' etc -> your basically expecting the noob to learn *everything* in order to get a working and reliable system within the first few months]
I do not recommend TW to noobs. :-| -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)