What /is/ it there for, then, anyway? He answered that one already. You can add sources of newer packages,
Jon Nelson wrote: like supplementary and packman, and use System Update to update to the newer packages.
I don't have any manuals handy, and I sure as hell don't carry them around with me. Don't you have the electronic ones installed? If not, why not? Saying "Read the Manual" is, quite frankly, about the lamest response I've heard in a long time.
You are entitled to your opinion, but to say that reveals much.
It's not relevant whether I've read the manual or not. Are you kidding? If you ask a question answered in the manual that comes with your software, it is relevant. That's like saying a button in your car labeled "Heat" doesn't really produce heat but just redirects exhaust into the cabin. Yeah, you might get warm, but there are unintended side effects. Is it a labeling issue? No, you are misreading. Should the option even /be/ there? Yes SuSE's inability to upgrade a running system is a very serious shortcoming, and apparently one dictated not by technical feasability. There, you do know the difference between update and upgrade. They are not the same, and you are trying to make out like System Update means System Upgrade. It doesn't. Furthermore, the fact that I'm not the only one that has hit upon this problem suggests that it /is/ a problem. Saying "did you read the manual" is a total cop-out.
Your original problem was answered in the suse knowledge base, was that written just for you? If you mean your mistaking System Update for an upgrade, hopefully you ARE the only one that has made that mistake. For sure, though, attacking Hartmut is hardly a smart thing to do, especially when he has provided the answers to your problems. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871