On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Leon Brooks wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:01, Buchan Milne wrote: > > I think, going back to it, the users would prefer some tool that is > > more interactive. > > Or has that option. > > My local (WAIX-visible) Mandrake update mirror broke for circa a day and > for a day after that urpmi --auto-select wanted to remove > "inconsequential" things like openssl in order to complete its update. > One day it might elect to remove, say, RPM or glibc. The only thing I > can think of that would prevent a non-admin from suicide in that case > would be a list of "it is not reasonable to remove this" RPM tags, but > an admin appreciates the confirmation.
AFAIK, in --auto-select --auto mode, urpmi won't remove packages to upgrade others, at least that is what appears to be the case, since I very seldom lose packages, even though I run urpmi --auto-select --auto daily from cron against a mirror that is very often out of sync. But, this new tool would not actually do anything relating to package installation/removal, it would still let MandrakeUpdate do it, it would just alert the user as to when they should run it, and make it easier to launch. Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
