[opensuse-factory] Smart is really Dumb
Rug didn't want to update my factory install because zmd wasn't running. So I tried smart update; smart upgrade. When I started I had 40% free. Smart knocked that down to 6% in the process of achieving a 100% downloaded status on a list of 700+ packages, then terminated with a very long list of error installing package messages due to lack of sufficient space on / filesystem. -- "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
* Felix Miata <mrmazda@ij.net> [04-05-07 15:07]:
Rug didn't want to update my factory install because zmd wasn't running. So I tried smart update; smart upgrade. When I started I had 40% free. Smart knocked that down to 6% in the process of achieving a 100% downloaded status on a list of 700+ packages, then terminated with a very long list of error installing package messages due to lack of sufficient space on / filesystem.
and *somehow* the lack of disk space or anticipation of available disk space is "smart"'s fault? "Smart is really Dumb" but <user> is controlling Smart ?? Instead of making wild unfounded accusations, why not join the smart mail list and expose your perceived problem for discussion and possible resolution? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 2007/04/05 17:14 (GMT-0400) Patrick Shanahan apparently typed:
and *somehow* the lack of disk space or anticipation of available disk space is "smart"'s fault?
Yup. It's competition, such as yast & urpmi, are both smart enough to mix some installation and rpm file deletion in with the downloading so that disk freespace is a virtual non-issue. -- "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 05:45:45PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2007/04/05 17:14 (GMT-0400) Patrick Shanahan apparently typed:
and *somehow* the lack of disk space or anticipation of available disk space is "smart"'s fault?
Yup. It's competition, such as yast & urpmi, are both smart enough to mix some installation and rpm file deletion in with the downloading so that disk freespace is a virtual non-issue.
I guess you are looking for the "--stepped" mode of smart. (It makes sure to first download and then instantly install a package, instead of downloading all packages at once and installing them afterwards.) Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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