On Sunday 08 October 2006 00:18, Rajko M wrote:

On Saturday 07 October 2006 22:36, Bob S wrote:

Do you run smart as root user?

Yes, the only way you can install packages is as root.

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Biggest objection I have to smart is that if you run into a glitch like this it will not upgrade anything. You cannot hold back packages like you could with apt.

To help you feel better, look on version of smart. (It is long way from 1.0)

Not sure what you mean. I am running the very latest version from packman. 0.42-14

Bob S.

On Monday 09 October 2006 01:07, Rajko M wrote:

On Sunday 08 October 2006 22:41, Bob S wrote:

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On Sunday 08 October 2006 00:18, Rajko M wrote:

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On Saturday 07 October 2006 22:36, Bob S wrote:

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To help you feel better, look on version of smart. (It is long way from 1.0)

Not sure what you mean. I am running the very latest version from packman. 0.42-14

The latest doesn't mean complete functionality. Version 0.42-14 is still far from gold master version 1.0. They say they are going Beta now.

Didn't realize there was a newer package out there. I will patiently wait for it.

The problem with libdvdread.so.3 might be because you used different method to install packages and smart can't read the database used by that method. You may try to install libdvdread, using smart, and see what happens.

Wellll....I always assumed that a package installed by RPM would be visible to any installing method in the rpm database. I did finally fix the problem though by deleting some packages, doing an update and reinstalling with smart. Seems to be OK now. Thanks for your input. The real purpose of the post was to let people know about the bug in version 0.42-13. Bob S.

On Monday 09 October 2006 23:37, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Bob S [10-09-06 23:10]:

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Thanks for your input. The real purpose of the post was to let people know about the bug in version 0.42-13.

23:37 wahoo:~ > rpm -q smart smart-0.42-61.1

0.42-61 ?????? Where pray tell Patrick, did you find that ??? Bob S.

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Bob S [10-11-06 00:30]:

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0.42-61 ?????? Where pray tell Patrick, did you find that ???

06:46 wahoo:~ > smart info smart-0.42-61.1@x86_64 --urls

Name: smart Version: 0.42-61.1@x86_64 Priority: 0 Group: System/Packages Installed Size: 2.4MB Reference URLs: http://smartpm.org Flags: Channels: RPM System; cthiell SuSE Linux 10.1 Summary: Smart Package Manager Description: The Smart Package Manager project has the ambitious objective of creating smart and portable algorithms for solving adequately the problem of managing software upgrading and installation. This tool works in all major distributions, and will bring notable advantages over native tools currently in use (APT, APT-RPM, YUM, URPMI, etc). . . . Authors: -------- Gustavo Niemeyer URLs: cthiell SuSE Linux 10.1

http://software.opensuse.org/download/home%3A/cthiel1/SL-10.1/x86_64/smart-0... (513.0kB)

Ah, methinks that what you have there Patrick is one of the test versions where a patch is being done to get tested and approved before being unleashed on the world. The official released version of smart is .42-14 - in all architectures. Cheers. -- "Every burned book enlightens the world." Ralph Waldo Emerson