Hello everyone, there is something about yast2 and automatic updates that I do not understand. The final result is a list of packages that do not get updated even though I have switched on "Automatic Online Update". For example, # zypper info MozillaFirefox yields:
Information for package MozillaFirefox:
Repository: 20080107-183402 Name: MozillaFirefox Version: 2.0.0.14-2.3 Arch: x86_64 Installed: Yes Status: up-of-date ...
However, # rpm -q MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-2.0.0.14-2.2
So, it is not up to date. On subsequent calls to zypper info, the output changes (for no reason I can discern) to: Information for package MozillaFirefox:
Repository: 20080107-183402 Name: MozillaFirefox Version: 2.0.0.14-2.3 Arch: x86_64 Installed: Yes Status: out-of-date (version 2.0.0.14-0.1 installed)
Note that the "Version" line has not changed, and what zypper claims to be the installed version is not what rpm reports (rpm output has not changed either). Moreover, # zypper up yields
Nothing to do.
However, # zypper up -t package will update MozillaFirefox. I have the distinct feeling that I am getting something fundamentally wrong. Any hints as to what's happening here, or where else to look are welcome. A. -- Ansgar Esztermann DV-Systemadministration Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Abteilung 105