And being able to "browse" to the local source was a great feature that I sorely miss. It was also much easier in the "old days" because the app found the hdlist for you within the source if it was there, which was a nice feature. Please bring it back!! Adding/Editing sources is now a real pain.
Cheers, Jason Mark K. Bilbo wrote: > On Fri, 09 Aug 2002 12:17:31 +0200 > Rghetta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Some things I really miss from old rpmdrake: >> >> - it was a single application: having to open multiple apps is a real >> pain. >> >> - 'updates only' filter, the 'updated' icon and the curr. inst. >> version >> >> - changelog and file list, I use them a lot >> >> - search by description > > > I agree. The old one was more useful. > > Also, I've found a nit with adding sources. With the old rpmdrake, I > could have a directory with rpms from various sources. I could define > the directory as a "source" but as there was no "hdlist," I could leave > that blank and rpmdrake would build a list (the synthesis I believe it's > called). So I could easily use rpmdrake to install rpms from this or > that source and have it handle the dependencies and such. > > With the new one, I tried the same thing by defining a directory that > had various rpms then tried adding it as a source. The "software sources > manager" wouldn't let me leave the hdlist field blank. I had to enter > something bogus, let it fail to find the hdlist, then edit the entry to > blank the field. THEN it went and scanned the directory and built a > list. > > I keep a set of rpms of applications and such that I use off in a > partition that I leave intact between installs and upgrades. Being able > to use rpmdrake to manage those is very useful. But there's no "hdlist" > because the directory is an ad hoc collection which changes as I throw > away or add apps and etc. > > Mark >
