Stefan van der Eijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Fran�ois, > > I have a question about some urpmi behaviour. I'm not sure if it's meant to be. > > Take a look at this example: > > # rpm -q --whatprovides automake > automake1.6-1.6.1-2mdk > > "automake" is provided by automake1.6-1.6.1-2mdk. > > Now if I want to add some packages (say automake and qt2-devel) I get the > following: > > # urpmi -p --auto-select --auto automake > installing /mirrors/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/automake-1.4-20.p5.mdk.noarch.rpm > error: failed dependencies: > automake < 1.6.1 conflicts with automake1.6-1.6.1-2mdk > Installation failed > > Wouldn't it be the better behaviour of urpmi to skip the packages that are > already provided on the system and get the others installed?
It is not implemented currently, it only uses package name when searching through the installed database (it uses package name or provides for urpmi db), it should have checked conflicts and remove request to install automake-1.4. urpmi will get some extensions to support such things in the future. Fran�ois.
