On 2018-01-26 00:41, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:13:37 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:
On 2018-01-25 22:03, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:17:46 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:
The problem, as I posted before, was that the packman repository was itself updated while I was running the upgrade, in the half an hour between YaST refreshing the repo data, me ticking the options in YaST, and finally doing the upgrade run.
It was not all the packman rpms, only a portion. For example, kodi packages were upgraded without problems, I saw them flash by.
I think that's part of the point of download-in-advance or download-only isn't it?
Again, I'm using the DVD-upgrade method.
Boot the DVD, choose "upgrade installed system".
There is no option to download in advance anything. This is not zypper. I'm not running any "zypper" command. It is a GUI, a variant of YaST with no desktop, kiosk mode alike. Very similar to the installation system GUI, but for upgrades.
Well yes, so I think either you need to file an enhancement request or switch your upgrade method to avoid the problem in future. I was just pointing out that there is a solution to your problem.
No, there is not. That enhancement is not feasible in the short/medium term, nor is switching upgrade method. Anyhow, download in advance would also fail in this case, because between repodata download, and package download there was half an an hour or less in between. The actual download is instant, I have a very fast Internet. If the repository download changes in that interval the only thing to do, even with download in advance, is full restart of the procedure. The same thing can happen with zypper, if you take half an hour to decide things and the repo changes before you give the "go ahead". There is nothing to do to enhance the situation. Except repositories delaying the actual delete of packages two hours after giving the command. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)