Per Osbäck wrote: <snip>
Personally I think it should offer all available updates. It doesn't make sense that I have make use of several tools to update my system, especially when there is the build service that builds against 11.2. If I add a repo, I want to be notifed about updates from the repo.
It seems to be a bit unclear to you what the difference is between security updates [1] and version upgrades [2] [1] zypper up [2] zypper dup or zypper up -t packages Patches or security updates: The updater applet and zypper up both do the same thing, they show and install patches, that is security updates, sometimes bug fixes. If you set up Automatic updates in YaST, it will add this to your crontab: zypper up -y -t patch --skip-interactive <https://localhost:10000/cron/edit_cron.cgi?idx=1> This will automatically install patches (and answer "yes" to license questions) that do not need intervention. A kernel patch will require a reboot, i.e. intervention, so it will be skipped and a mail will be sent to root. Then it can be installed manually. Version upgrades: Zypper dup does version upgrades, that is newer versions of software. The same thing can be done with YaST software management > Package Groups > All > Update if newer version is available. These require the user to see and make choices what to install. It does not make any sense to upgrade everything every time there's something available, believe me. (The old "Don't fix it if it ain't broken" -routine) See also: man zypper Vahis -- "Sunrise 6:23am (EEST), sunset 8:13pm (EEST) at Espoo, Finland (13:49 hours daylight)" http://waxborg.servepics.com Linux 2.6.25.20-0.5-default #1 SMP 2009-08-14 01:48:11 +0200 x86_64 4:17pm up 13 days 21:39, 14 users, load average: 0.06, 0.15, 0.09 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org