At 06:18 PM 1/21/01, you wrote:
>Prana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > In my earlier e-mail, I asked a question if anybody wants me to make the
> > non-gui version of MandrakeUpdate. I am quite committed to do it if it's
> > wanted. However, I haven't had a response about this, does it mean that
> > it's not wanted?
>
>What exactly is needed? If it's something like keep everything uptodate,
>
>- my first solution was to say, mirror the dir and rpm -Fvh * but someone told
>that it was bothersome to download the unneeded packages.
>
>- my second solution was to do exactly what MandrakeUpdate is doing, just
>simpler
>(aka assuming one wants to update everything).
>
>These 2 are so simple that i can't see what needs to be done!
I believe the title says it all - "text based version of MandrakeUpdate".
I'll give a few example cases of how it might be used:
Use case 1:
update all installed packages from the specified mirror. fails if a
package has an unresolved dependency (because foo-2.a.b depends on
bar-1.c.d even though foo-1.x.x didn't didn't use bar).
Use case 2:
get an up-to-date list of all mirrors (likely followed by case 1).
Use case 3:
present a list of mirrors, allow the choice of one, then update all
installed packages
Use case 4:
like 1, except it automatically gets and installs the new packages, i.e.
bar-1.c.d.
Use case 5:
like 4, excpet it asks whether to get bar-1.c.d
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