[opensuse] Getting YaST to update 3rd party apps
Is there a way to get YaST to list available updates to third party programs like it does for every other program? It is slightly annoying to run the online update in YaST and it will tell me that there is no updates, then I go into Package > All Packages > Update if Newer Version is Available and it will have several updates listed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu 15 Mar 2007 18:44, Adam Jimerson wrote:
Is there a way to get YaST to list available updates to third party programs like it does for every other program?
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On 3/15/07, Adam Jimerson
Is there a way to get YaST to list available updates to third party programs like it does for every other program? It is slightly annoying to run the online update in YaST and it will tell me that there is no updates, then I go into Package > All Packages > Update if Newer Version is Available and it will have several updates listed.
You are confusing updates with upgrades. Yast Online Update will install all patches which are packages with a high priority, as security fixes & bugfixes to the base supported system. Any repository provider can in theory mark packages as packages although currently none do. If you want to upgrade packages to newer versions, potentially moving away from the versions which are supported by suse, which is inadvisable when not required, you can use the update if newer version is available option. The same applies with zypper, "zypper up" will install security & bugfix updates that you should install. If you want to upgrade to potentially unsupported package versions you can "zypper up -t package" _ Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Adam Jimerson escribió:
It is slightly annoying to run the online update in YaST and it will tell me that there is no updates, then I go into Package > All Packages > Update if Newer Version is Available and it will have several updates listed.
The default beaviuor is sane and I expect it will stay like that (aka. no upgrade of third party code automatically) however you can do that using zypper -r up . unfortunately the chances to mess your system badly are high, that's the reason why yast is so conservative and only install official security/bugfixes only . ( so, it is a feature, not a bug ;P )
Dňa Št 15. Marec 2007 19:44 Adam Jimerson napísal:
Is there a way to get YaST to list available updates to third party programs like it does for every other program? It is slightly annoying to run the online update in YaST and it will tell me that there is no updates, then I go into Package > All Packages > Update if Newer Version is Available and it will have several updates listed.
In fact, you are not using a right tool. YaST Online Update is a tool to install fixes published by Novell to fix problems. Each fix is delivered in a form of patch. Patch in ZYPP speak is a way to make sure the fix is applied on your system (this might mean updating packages). Thus, by default, YOU just applies patches. For updating of a packages to newer versions, you should use 'Software Management' YaST module and the option to Stano -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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