Hi, On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Thomas Hertweck wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
[...]
I'm well aware of this (I work there) but what you're talking about is not System Update. You're talking about a system upgrade from CD or DVD, which is how it should be done. What the OP was asking was what the difference was between online update and system update, which is a fair question considering that the icons are next to each other in YaST and the distinction isn't very well made by YaST
... because the "System Update" is no "update" but an "upgrade" (it installs completely new versions of software packages!). That's what I've said before and asked to change - it should be called "System Upgrade". The names are confusing. I've seen many people trying to use this tool called "System Update" to upgrade to the next version of SuSE Linux - as they tried this while the system was running, it was bound to fail! And that was what I had in mind when writing my last email. In principle, this module should not allow to upgrade to an entire new SuSE Linux version (incl. the base packages). I've never used "System Update" as I could not see any use of it. I've always installed new software via the "Software Management" module and I still can't see the sense of the "System Update" module after reading your mail...
It is a good chance to ride from one beta to the next. Cheers -e -- Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de, em@kki.org)