Tom Brinkman wrote: > Same thing on sunsite, even after another hourly update of the > mirror. I cd'd to /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ and rm'vd python* and > tkinter rpms, then used rpm -Uvh * to install the others, then rm'd > all rpms from the dir. >
But it would be nice if urpmi recomputed dependencies after attempting the downloads, since it should know which downloads failed, and could remove any dependencies of those packages from the list to upgrade. > It's been my experience that the missing pkg(s) will eventually > show up on the mirrors. Either wait or do somethin like I did > Which is why I run mine from cron like this: [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# cat /etc/cron.daily/update #!/bin/sh rm -f /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/*.rpm urpmi.update --wget ftp1 ftp2 2> /var/log/updates urpmi --wget --auto-select --auto >> /var/log/updates ls /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/*.rpm >/dev/null [ $? -eq 0 ] && rpm -Uvh /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/*.rpm >> /var/log/updates 2>&1 So, at least even if not all the packages are on the mirror, it will at least try and upgrade all, just in case there were no inter-dependants missing. Then I just check /var/log/updates to see what happened ... Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
