Repeat post: Im here rummaging around the /supplementary/kde dirs and it has become "painfully" apparent that the exclusion of YaST1 is problematic at best. Just trying to figure out which packages are need to be updated is a pain in the ars. I have to type "rpm -qv <package name> " into the console and then compare the output to the listings in the directory in order to figure out if this package is A) installed in the 1st place and B) if so, what version I have compared to the ones in the ftp site. I "STRONGLY" recommend that this issue be addressed. Having YOU as the only means of check for updates is woefully inadequate IMHO. Or is it perhaps that YaST1 was discontinued for the reason of discouraging most from accessing the directory in large numbers of users - I would think not, I strongly doubt that SuSE's desire is to make access to these packages difficult. However, I find this is the case, insofar the updating packages is become extremely labourious and time consuming. The only other rationale is to install and configure "apt-get". Unfortunately this will also be time comsuming, and I fear labourious as well. I foresee many posts to the list in the meanwhile, both from those experiencing similar frustrations, and from myself while bringing the program "apt-get" upto a functional status. For those from SuSE that monitor the list post. Please inform the Product development department of these concerns. The feature I mentioned in YaST1 is sorely missed. Respectfully, Curtis
Op donderdag 2 mei 2002 19:04, schreef Curtis Rey:
Repeat post:
Im here rummaging around the /supplementary/kde dirs and it has become "painfully" apparent that the exclusion of YaST1 is problematic at best. Just trying to figure out which packages are need to be updated is a pain in the ars. I have to type "rpm -qv <package name> " into the console and then compare the output to the listings in the directory in order to figure out if this package is A) installed in the 1st place and B) if so, what version I have compared to the ones in the ftp site.
I agree, this sucks BIGTIME
I "STRONGLY" recommend that this issue be addressed. Having YOU as the only means of check for updates is woefully inadequate IMHO. Or is it perhaps that YaST1 was discontinued for the reason of discouraging most from accessing the directory in large numbers of users - I would think not, I strongly doubt that SuSE's desire is to make access to these packages difficult. However, I find this is the case, insofar the updating packages is become extremely labourious and time consuming.
The only other rationale is to install and configure "apt-get". Unfortunately this will also be time comsuming, and I fear labourious as well. I foresee many posts to the list in the meanwhile, both from those experiencing similar frustrations, and from myself while bringing the program "apt-get" upto a functional status.
getting apt-get to do the basic updating stuff is quite easy and won't cost you much time. Now if only SuSE could join the development of this great app and build their update, upgrade and install mechanism around it, preferably with a nice GUI plugin/module in Yast, they'd have the best package management tool in the world!
For those from SuSE that monitor the list post. Please inform the Product development department of these concerns. The feature I mentioned in YaST1 is sorely missed.
Respectfully, Curtis
ditto, Marcel
* Curtis Rey (crrey@charter.net) [020502 10:05]:
I "STRONGLY" recommend that this issue be addressed. Having YOU as the only means of check for updates is woefully inadequate IMHO.
Markus Gaugusch is working on an alternative to YOU that you may want to have a look at. Send a mail to suse-security-faq@suse.com to read about it.
For those from SuSE that monitor the list post. Please inform the Product development department of these concerns. The feature I mentioned in YaST1 is sorely missed.
Bounced to feedback@suse.de. -- -ckm
Thank you for the head up Chris. Much appreciated. I'll look into it. Cheers, Curtis On Thursday 02 May 2002 01:24 pm, Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* Curtis Rey (crrey@charter.net) [020502 10:05]:
I "STRONGLY" recommend that this issue be addressed. Having YOU as the only means of check for updates is woefully inadequate IMHO.
Markus Gaugusch is working on an alternative to YOU that you may want to have a look at. Send a mail to suse-security-faq@suse.com to read about it.
For those from SuSE that monitor the list post. Please inform the Product development department of these concerns. The feature I mentioned in YaST1 is sorely missed.
Bounced to feedback@suse.de.
On Thursday 02 May 2002 12:49 pm, Bill Burton wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to adjust Kmail to display pictures received in an html email?
I believe its found under Settings ->Configure KMail -> Appearance ->Profiles -> KMail - with HTML preview enabled. good luck -- dh I've been awake: 4 hours 52 minutes Suse Linux 7.2 professional kernel 2.4.17, xFree86 4.2.0, kde 2.2.2
Can anyone tell me how to adjust Kmail to display pictures received in an html email? TIA! Bill Burton
Christopher Mahmood
Markus Gaugusch is working on an alternative to YOU that you may want to have a look at. Send a mail to suse-security-faq@suse.com to read about it.
Alternatively, could SuSE not change the ftp site structure so that ALL updates are shown in YOU rather than having separate supplementary directories?
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