[Cooker] Can't use urpmi --auto-select

[Gary Walsh]

It has been a long time since I have been able to use urpmi 
--auto-select to upgrade my cooker system.  Everytime I try to use it, 
it wants to uninstall a lot of packages due to unfulfilled dependencies. 
 Even using rpmdrake and selecting a few packages at a time is an 
exercise in trial an error.  This morning, while using rpmdrake, urpmi 
wanted to uninstall rpmdrake due to something I selected (I don't know 
what).  How is it possible to keep a reasonably up to date cooker 
install if so many important packages must be uninstalled?

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Gary Walsh      Kitchener, Ontario, Canada