RE: [SLE] Synchronization of Supplementary Packages
I know the extra updated packages on ftp.suse.com are supplementary, but it's a real pain that SuSE don't keep them in sync. e.g. under Gnome there is a mozilla-1.0-10.rpm but under Mozilla there is a mozilla-1.0-4.i386.rpm - so you can't use the mozilla-mail-1.0-4.i386.rpm (to get mail in mozilla) package unless you install the Mozilla directory version of mozilla - of course then you can't use the galeon out of the Gnome directory :(
I know it's work for SuSE to keep doing these builds, but it's frustrating as a user to go through this.
That's why apt4rpm was invented: http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/ If that's too convoluted, just download from the FTP site: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.0-i386/ It's synchronized with the latest and greatest updates + supplementary stuff. -jrh
I've tried apm4rpm and although I like the idea, I'm not that happy about how well it's working. It seems it is more than willing to upgrade necessary libraries and other components from sources like Ximian and 3rd party builders. I don't want that, as I've been burned far too much in the past with getting systems in a state and not being able to easily move back to suse rpms. If I could make apt work to only get rpms from the suse site, I'd be much happier. Still apm4rpm doesn't solve the problem on SuSE's site having rpms that won't install with one another. Jamie On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, John Ross Hunt wrote:
I know the extra updated packages on ftp.suse.com are supplementary, but it's a real pain that SuSE don't keep them in sync. e.g. under Gnome there is a mozilla-1.0-10.rpm but under Mozilla there is a mozilla-1.0-4.i386.rpm - so you can't use the mozilla-mail-1.0-4.i386.rpm (to get mail in mozilla) package unless you install the Mozilla directory version of mozilla - of course then you can't use the galeon out of the Gnome directory :(
I know it's work for SuSE to keep doing these builds, but it's frustrating as a user to go through this.
That's why apt4rpm was invented:
http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/
If that's too convoluted, just download from the FTP site:
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.0-i386/
It's synchronized with the latest and greatest updates + supplementary stuff.
-jrh
-- Jamie O'Shaughnessy jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com
Just leave ximian out of the sources.list and it will never even check for those packages. :) Now if we could get it to be smart enough not to uninstall fetchmail-5.9.13 in favor of the newest SuSE rpm ;) That would be a god sent. It uninstalled the fetchmail rpm I installed off ESR's site and didn't install the 5.9.0 pkg from SuSE. I wondered for hours why I wasn't getting email last Friday. *laugh* Anyways. Just put the directories you want in the sources.list in /opt/apt and you should be fine. * Jamie O'Shaughnessy (jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com) [020701 00:16]: :: ::I've tried apm4rpm and although I like the idea, I'm not that happy about ::how well it's working. It seems it is more than willing to upgrade ::necessary libraries and other components from sources like Ximian and 3rd ::party builders. I don't want that, as I've been burned far too much in the ::past with getting systems in a state and not being able to easily move ::back to suse rpms. If I could make apt work to only get rpms from the suse ::site, I'd be much happier. :: ::Still apm4rpm doesn't solve the problem on SuSE's site having rpms that ::won't install with one another. :: ::Jamie :: ::On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, John Ross Hunt wrote: :: ::> > I know the extra updated packages on ftp.suse.com are ::> > supplementary, but ::> > it's a real pain that SuSE don't keep them in sync. e.g. ::> > under Gnome there ::> > is a mozilla-1.0-10.rpm but under Mozilla there is a ::> > mozilla-1.0-4.i386.rpm - so you can't use the ::> > mozilla-mail-1.0-4.i386.rpm ::> > (to get mail in mozilla) package unless you install the ::> > Mozilla directory ::> > version of mozilla - of course then you can't use the galeon ::> > out of the ::> > Gnome directory :( ::> > ::> > I know it's work for SuSE to keep doing these builds, but ::> > it's frustrating ::> > as a user to go through this. ::> ::> That's why apt4rpm was invented: ::> ::> http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/ ::> ::> If that's too convoluted, just download from the FTP site: ::> ::> ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.0-i386/ ::> ::> It's synchronized with the latest and greatest updates + supplementary ::> stuff. ::> ::> -jrh ::> ::> ::> ::> :: ::-- ::Jamie O'Shaughnessy jamie.oshaughnessy@ntlworld.com :: :: ::-- ::To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ::For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ::Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com :: -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- Tell me what you believe..I tell you what you should see. -DP --=====-----=====--
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Ben Rosenberg
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Jamie O'Shaughnessy
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John Ross Hunt