On 2010/11/01 22:50 (GMT-0500) David C. Rankin composed:
Maybe somebody familiar with the way 11.3 zypper kernel updates work with multiversion set can chime in and let us know why zypper lists them as packages that *won't* be installed -- and tell us how to fix it :-)
Zypper up WAD. Your options are zypper dup, and risk real upgrades and/or upgrades to packages from alternate repos/vendor switches, or zypper in <particular-kernel>. AFAICT, if current kernel is kernel-desktop-2.6.34.7-0.4.1, then zypper up would install kernel-desktop-2.6.34.7-0.5.1 because it's the "same" (_update_) kernel; while zypper dup, if Kernel:/HEAD repo is enabled, would install the latest "upgrade" kernel-desktop-2.6.36-90.1 Naturally, zypper in <particular-kernel> will install a particular kernel, leaving the currently installed kernel untouched if multiversion is on for kernel-desktop. Zypper in once done with 2.6.36-90.1 would when 2.6.36.91 is available permit zypper up to install it, as 2.6.36 would then be the "current" kernel to be updated. Similarly, if 11.2's Firefox 3.5.x is installed, zypper up would keep the kernel at the latest 3.5.y, while zypper dup, if the optional OBS Mozilla repo is enabled, would install the latest release of FF, currently 3.6.12 last I checked. Zypper in Mozilla-Firefox-3.6.12 would result in zypper up installing 3.6.13 once that gets released. Telling you some package will not be installed is just a way of saying an _upgrade_ version is available, as opposed to the _update_ version that zypper up proposes to install. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org