On Sunday, July 16, 2006 @ 4:06 PM, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Sunday 16 July 2006 16:16, Greg Wallace wrote:
Now, everything is lumped together as installation sources (your DVD/CDs and whatever mirrors you are going against). That being the case, then maybe the definition of Avail. vs Inst. is now different.
'Avail Ver' reflects the newest version that YaST can 'see' in in installation sources you've defined.
'Inst Ver' ("Installed Version") doesn't change unless and until you downgrade, upgrade or update a package. Note: this value resides in your rpm database. It doesn't get populated by data from an installation source.
But we're saying that the "Installed Version" does get populated from the installation source as soon as you apply the patch, right? In other words, Installed Version and Available Version will always stay in sync as long as you keep updating every time an update becomes available.
Just speculation on my part, but it would explain why I never see different numbers in those columns any more.
I believe your interpretation of this arrangement in 10.1 is correct. If you update your system every time an update becomes available, you're keeping the system 'in sync' with the online repositories. My guess is the field is still used in cases where you get 'decoupled' from the online repositories and/or
you need to intervene manually.
Carl
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