On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 03:26:22 +1100 Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote: > > > How can you say that? Your understanding of english is backwards! > > It means to update the packages you have, not to add new ones! "Update" > > is a verb that means to take something that you HAVE and make it new. > > It does not mean to give you anything you did not have before! > > Nope. To update means to bring your system into line with the vendor's > present offerings for your application set. > > Example: Have a look at the Mandrake update utility on your desktop to > see what update means. Ron Sounds like when the update errored on the Contrib pkgs that those pkgs were removed from your db. Try rpm -rebuilddb and see if that solves things. Charles
