Synaptic: obsolete and locally installed.
I am confused by the meaning of "obsolete and locally installed" as a category in Synaptic. Just what does this category mean? The installed and latest versions of "obsolete and locally installed" software are the same. Furthermore they all seem to be very important required packages. Thanks to anyone who can clarify. Albert -- "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." -- George Orwell as Syme in "1984"
Op zondag 11 januari 2004 14:40, schreef Albert:
I am confused by the meaning of "obsolete and locally installed" as a category in Synaptic. Just what does this category mean? The installed and latest versions of "obsolete and locally installed" software are the same. Furthermore they all seem to be very important required packages. Thanks to anyone who can clarify.
Can you provide a better description of where this term "obsolete and locally installed" is found in synaptic. Include e.g. all the steps involved to come to the right the dialogue that shows the term. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
On Monday 12 January 2004 02:17, Richard Bos wrote:
Op zondag 11 januari 2004 14:40, schreef Albert:
I am confused by the meaning of "obsolete and locally installed" as a category in Synaptic. Just what does this category mean? The installed and latest versions of "obsolete and locally installed" software are the same. Furthermore they all seem to be very important required packages. Thanks to anyone who can clarify.
Can you provide a better description of where this term "obsolete and locally installed" is found in synaptic. Include e.g. all the steps involved to come to the right the dialogue that shows the term.
Using Synaptic 0.47: When the "Show:" button has "All Packages" or "Reduced View" selected, there are three nodes, i.e. three categories, displayed under "Package": Installed, Not Installed and Obsolete and locally installed. When the "Show: button has "Installed" selected, there are two nodes displayed: Installed and Obsolete and locally installed. -- "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." -- George Orwell as Syme in "1984"
Op maandag 12 januari 2004 12:21, schreef Albert:
When the "Show:" button has "All Packages" or "Reduced View" selected, there are three nodes, i.e. three categories, displayed under "Package": Installed, Not Installed and Obsolete and locally installed.
When the "Show: button has "Installed" selected, there are two nodes displayed: Installed and Obsolete and locally installed.
Ah, found it ;) At first sight it means that the rpms are not part of an apt repository. I would not want to miss any of those locally installed (but not obsolete) packages! I think that the term obsolete is not correct. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
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Op maandag 12 januari 2004 13:06, schreef Adolph & Sharon Weidanz:
One of the funny things about synaptic that I've found is the way mine will disappear when it hits whats got be a certain type of problem. For some reason it doesn't like to upgrade python. When I select it and tell it to upgrade the program dies..
This may help (just reported to the list):
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Re: [SLE] Synaptic crash - "relocation error"
Van:Ivanovich
If you downgrade synaptic this problem may go away. It is probably caused by an binary incompatability between the apt-libs and synaptic. Synaptic has been compiled with a different apt version than you are using.
I just fetched the source rpm and recompiled it, now it works perfectly. Thanks for the info. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
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| Op maandag 12 januari 2004 13:06, schreef Adolph & Sharon Weidanz:
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|>One of the funny things about synaptic that I've found is the way mine
|>will disappear when it hits whats got be a certain type of problem. For
|>some reason it doesn't like to upgrade python. When I select it and tell
|>it to upgrade the program dies..
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| This may help (just reported to the list):
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| Re: [SLE] Synaptic crash - "relocation error"
| Van:Ivanovich
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