On Sunday 16 July 2006 21:18, Greg Wallace wrote:
Ok. So if I'm following you, in the example I gave, if I went out with YOU and saw new updates available, canceled out of YOU, and went into Software management, I would see the "available" versions for the packages I saw as available for update as having a higher version than the installed packages.
No, you're conflating 'YaST Online Update' (YOU) with the 'Install and Remove Software' (later 'Software Management') module. In prior releases, at least since 8.x and up through 10.0, 'YaST Installation Sources' (ftp, http, DVD/CD, hard disk directory, etc.) were completely separate from the YaST Online Update ('YOU') 'patch/update' distribution process... the former were complete installation sources for the distribution whereas the latter were devoted exclusively to disseminating security patches and a small set of optional packages like the MS Truetype fonts, 'Multimedia Packs' (9.3), special NIC firmware, proprietary graphics drivers, etc.. IOW, under the 'original' system, security patches and optional packages showed up *only* in YOU and *not* in YaST's 'Install and Remove Software' (later 'Software Management') module. The rationale behind this was the fact that the security patches and optional packages were disseminated through the mirrors in separate 'update' directories. You could *not* configure an 'update' directory as a regular "installation source" because it a) lacked the metadata needed by the 'Software Management' module and b) only contained security patches and optional packages. Anyway, these systems have evolved beginning with 10.1 and, since they're a moving target and I haven't fully absorbed them yet, I'll leave it to others to clarify the differences. Carl -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com