Thanks Tor,
Subject: Re: [SLE] Ok, this sucks! Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 18:13:16 +0000 From: Tor Sigurdsson
To: marcel@ietsmet.nl Ever heard of "rpm -F" ?
It updates the package if and only IF
o It is already installed and o It is newer than the already installed package
rpm -Fhv *.rpm <-- updates everything that HAS to be updated, and nothing else.
Yes i know this! That said, i don't consider myself an rpm expert but you're forgetting that this thread is mostly about missing the ease of use of installing new, updated and individual packages, a function that Yast1 had and Yast2 doesn't. Before we can do what you suggest we'd still have to know which packages to download, then download and hope all dependencies are met (Yast1 didn't do this, i know). And run SuSEconfig afterwards. This is where apt-get could step in beautifully i think. It's here and ready, so why not use it and expand the possibilities. cheers, Marcel
- -tosi
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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