Felix Miata composed on 2016-10-29 20:07 (UTC-0400):
I forgot to lock mc before updating TW installation #2 on host hpg33, resulting in 4.8.17 being replaced by 4.8.18. Nothing in between 4.8.15 and 4.8.18 exists in any openSUSE repo that I can find. https://software.opensuse.org/search returns no Midnight Commander package due to https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930505 and/or https://github.com/openSUSE/software-o-o/issues/61 or maybe neither. I have other TW installations that still have 4.8.17, including host hpg33, which unlike 4.8.18 is not broken, so I would like to be able to use it.
Is $SUBJECT possible?
Turns out yes, in TW at least, in the form of package rpmrebuild, which pulls in 18 other packages, for total installed size 87.5MiB. Other options: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/140778/how-to-build-an-rpm-package-f... I used rpmrebuild. The result rpm is 12k larger than 42.2's 4.8.15, 9k smaller than TW's 4.8.18. Installing it with rpm -Uvh --oldpackage produced a remove file nosuch /usr/share/mc/syntax/cuda.syntax error, but other than that, mc seems to work as expected, and now there's a zypper lock on it. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) 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