Hello. Since apt-get no longer works (files used by apt-get aren't
updated anymore), I am forced to use urpmi for "auto"-updating. In
general it's ok, but there are a couple of major problems:
1) urpmi deletes downloaded packages that are not installed. This
seems to occur when the application is started - any packages not
to be installed will be removed. This is extremely annoying, for
example in this scenario:
- start urpmi --auto-select
- stop process after downloading 200 MB
- start urpmi <somepackage>
- start urpmi --auto-select => downloading starts from the
beginning
Packages should be deleted only if they are obsolete (i.e older than
installed) or installed. The best solution, used by apt-get is not
to delete anything automatically, with a command by the user to
flush when desired.
2) urpmi often fails with dependencies. For example I just upgraded
openssh. "urpmi openssh' failed with a dependency on an old version
of openssh-askpass. I had to manually specify it. This was extra
annoying since I got the original failure after downloading 50 MB
rpms which weren't installed due to the failed dependencies, and
subsequently deleted as described in issue #1.
Summary: I _really_ miss my apt-get!
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