don fisher composed on 2016-02-09 18:39 (UTC-0700):
I added the Pacman 14.2 repo back to my system. When I perform a "zypper up" I receive:
The following 82 package updates will NOT be installed: amarok amarok-lang fdupes ffmpeg gstreamer gstreamer-0_10 ... vlc-gnome vlc-noX vlc-noX-lang vlc-qt
These packages are all listed in Yast2 under the Packman repository. The heading in Yast2 says "Switch system packages to the versions in this repository(packman)". I do not wish to do that.
Looks to me like you are misreading something. When it tells you packages will NOT be installed, it means what it says, newer packages exist, but it's going to leave them where they are.
Is there an easy way to eliminate the linkage between these files and packman. When I do an upgrade, and include the packman repository, it tries to download all of the packman versions.
Depends what you mean by "upgrade" and "linkage". I think of update vs. upgrade as install bugfixes vs. replace old versions with later versions. YaST and Zypper remember where installed packages come from, and won't switch the repos they come from unless they know that's what you want. I find it easier to understand what will or won't happen by using Zypper. Unless you reconfigure zypper from its defaults, or add cmdline switches, zypper will not switch a package from one repo to some other repo.
My goal is to get back to the base 42.1 system and just add a few things from packman, like k3b that knows about mp3 and other codecs.
Get the packages you want from Packman either via YaST or Zypper, then lock them. After locking, disable Packman, then do your "upgrading", whatever upgrading means to you. With Packman disabled, no upgrades or anything else will come from 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