On 7 Jun, Anton Graham wrote:
>
> Submitted 07-Jun-00 by Muzza:
>> Unfortunately Helix doesn't check your system first, it just presents you with a
>> list of upgrades that are available and it's up to you to remember what you
>> have already got. They do 'date' them though so that's not too difficult. But
>> yeah, that would be a very nice feature.
>> Muzza.
>
> Actually, the helix-update package *does* check your system first. It
> compares the version numbers available on the site with the ones in
> your database of installed rpms.
>
>
One question, do upgrades mean the *entire* system or periodic updates of
various packages? A number of times in the past I've wanted to update a
single package (this is with another distro, not Mandrake) and couldn't find
it for my distro. So I always end up compiling and installing myself.
Case in point: the helix installation messed up the international keyboards
on my system. I can't get the keyboard applet to work anymore and I really
need it? So whatcha gonna do? Compile GNOME myself, I guess. Although, maybe
I'll get my hands on a new 7.1 distro and try that beforehand.
L
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