On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:42:24PM +0100, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: [ 8< ]
A zypper dup might even suggest to install "older" = lower versions of a package. IIRC here it relies on the the build time of a packages. The intention is to bring the system to a consistent state.
I think the fact with 'downgrading' a package comes from the repo priorities that are defined. Build time should never have been an argument.
Maybe. Please read "it relies" as "it also considers". But as said I'm not sure. We have to ask Michael or check the zypper source code. My intention mainly was to provide a starting point for further investigation and to stress that zypper != zypper. More verbosely said: we need to know which command (patch, up, dup) had been used. Also we need to know which repositories in which configuration had been used. Here we're at the point Dominique stressed. Are priorities set and do they fit to the needs? Keep in mind a lower value set for the priority make the particular repository more "important". Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany