On Saturday 03 February 2001 22:22, Craig Woods wrote:
> Richey,
>
> You are right on about the new updates, especially the cups
> 1.1.6-2.1mdk rpm. Force that one and you may find that your printing
> is broken.
Yep, totally broken. You can't even find lpr now! Any ideas how to
fix this. It really sucks that Mandrake would post a broken rpm like
this on the "normal" updates.
> Maybe you would be kind enough to post this email to the expert list.
>
> Some questions about Mandrake Update
>
> 1. Has anyone every actually tested the "Normal Updates"? The
> reason I ask is that I have a 7.2 system with no maintenance other
> than "Normal Updates" up to a few days ago, and I get dependancy
> errors trying to install some of the latest updates.
> cups 1.1.6-2.1mdk produces a whole string of dependancies and
> invites one to force/quit.
> the xemacs 21.1.14-1.1mdk series chugs away for a long time, then
> reports a dependancy error in some man file and quits without
> offering the force/quit option.
>
> 2. There are quite a few updates for KDE. Can these really be
> installed from an active KDE, or will they break my system?
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Thanks,
Collins Richey
Denver area
