On 2/15/2014 10:29 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
If you believe there are "induced things" --- side effects ? --- then please make them clear, convince us with evidence, testable examples, rather than fear-mongering.
You mean like this sort of fear mongering:
OUCH! Too 'global'.
zypper --force can have unwanted side effects, just like rpm --force zypper -f is exactly the same as rpm --force. Your own quote of the man page shows this (did you even read it?)
-f, --force Install even if the item is already installed (reinstall), downgraded or changes vendor or architecture.
In my view architecture is a pretty big risk. Plus -f eliminates any warning about a library or file from the new repository being incompatible with existing (and often unrelated) packages using the same library. Vendor change preserves these warnings. And no, Anton, I'm not going to find you a test case. Feel free to do your own destructive testing regime. I never use -f or --force if there is any way to avoid it, its the quickest route to rpm-hell. I've been there and I'm not going back. Suggesting using --force blindly on a mailing list is irresponsible, especially when allow vender change was put into yast for precisely this type of scenario. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org