Darryl Gregorash composed on 2020-06-24 14:08 (UTC-0600):
2. The zypper default seems to be "download-in-advance", so why is this option needed at all?
Required, no. Desirable, yes. As long as sufficient filesystem space is available to store everything to be installed, and get it installed, it's a really really good idea. It protects against a partially upgraded system getting cut off from the mirrors, making recovery more likely possible if something goes wrong. This is a primary reason why I quit using YaST when Zypper became available. If the GUI breaks while the process is incomplete, it can prevent recovery/completion, even rebooting. YaST does provide features not otherwise available, so I do use it on occasion.
3. Would "download-in-heaps" work?
It works with urpmi (Mageia, openMandriva). It's actually the default there. I haven't tried it with zypper in probably over two years. I don't see much point unless space is limited, in which case as needed doesn't seem to make materially less sense. I like navigating the logs better with as needed. Most of the time I use DownloadAsNeeded, as most of my installations are space limited. However, I normally start with a script that updates everything that might be package management-related before doing the rest: zypper -v in --download-in-advance zypper libzypp libsolv-tools rpm libproxy1 libmodman1 curl libcurl openSUSE-release zypper -v in --download-in-advance device-mapper dmraid glibc multipath-tools mdadm systemd udev zypper -v up zypper -v dup # (if applicable, after doing zypper up) -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org