[opensuse] Zypper vs. Gnome Online Update applet
I just recently learned about zypper a few days ago and I'm curious about the differences between zypper and the Online Update applet found on the Desktop. I know they both use the libzypp library because when I'm running one, the other won't run. :-) I also can see and verify that they are both accessing the same repositories: the DVD and the online Updates site. So why is it that zypper lists fewer available updates than the applet? Is this a bug or working as expected? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:12:55PM -0500, suseROCKS wrote:
I just recently learned about zypper a few days ago and I'm curious about the differences between zypper and the Online Update applet found on the Desktop.
I know they both use the libzypp library because when I'm running one, the other won't run. :-) I also can see and verify that they are both accessing the same repositories: the DVD and the online Updates site.
So why is it that zypper lists fewer available updates than the applet? Is this a bug or working as expected?
The online update actually runs "zypper" in the background. zypper by default shows only the patches (released by SUSE), not all package updates (in the OBS and other repos). Try: zypper lu -t package zypper up -t package to see / install all the other updates you miss. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Čet, 2007-10-11 at 08:03 +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:12:55PM -0500, suseROCKS wrote: ...
So why is it that zypper lists fewer available updates than the applet? Is this a bug or working as expected? The online update actually runs "zypper" in the background. zypper by default shows only the patches (released by SUSE), not all package updates (in the OBS and other repos).
...and that approach is the best at the moment since Zypper currently doesn't have a feature which will do repo prioritization. I experienced some package conflicts with Packman repo, so I do 'zypper update' (default behavior for the applets, as I figured) rather than 'zypper update -t package'. If I explicitly want to update some Packman's package, I do the check for all the updates avaliable, then I do 'zypper install foo1-pm.rpm foo2-pm.rpm' which also updates selected packages. SmartPM can handle situations like this, but I decided to follow openSUSE developers' advice and use recommended tool Zypper. Cheers! -- Igor Jagec
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