On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, w9ya wrote: > On Thursday 07 August 2003 10:04 am, Fran�ois Pons wrote: > > > > You may try the following option too --keep which avoid updating in order > > not to remove existing package (only upgrade are allowed, this avoid using > > --no-uninstall). > > I am sorry, but I do not undersatand the English you are using here. I *do* > want to update, and am not trying to "...avoid updating..." . >
--keep will only preven uninstallation of files that need to be uninstalled to upgrade others, preventing you from losing all of KDE for one libpackage-devel that didn't make an upload or mirror sync. It will try and upgrade all other packages which can be upgraded. > > > > Another method is to use urpmi --auto-select directly as there is now an > > integrated split mechanism to avoid such a loop you use, furthermore the > > split is done in a way the package are installed in right order to minimize > > transaction size (which is not the case when using an urpmq --auto-select > > output). > > Could you supply an appropriate example of such a script please ? > If you have a mildly recent urpmi, it should not be necessary, since: # urpmi --auto-select --auto --keep should work (BTW, I run this in cron) 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. ******************************************************************
