On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:47:08 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >The -F restricts package installation to those which are already > >installed, i.e. you use for installing updates. Not a good idea here, > >because if the package names for kde 3.3 have changed or there are new > >ones then you're missing out, getting a problematic system. > > > >Volker > > > > > > > Good to know that Suse is as bad as Fedora and Debian (^: > I just keep trying until they get their act sorted out their end. > Sometimes just attempting a subset works, but probably not too good an > idea in this case... > > Steve I cannot work out what is necessarily wrong with what Volker described. if you use the distro's supplied tools rather than downloading a bunch of rpm's and firing them at rpm it should work (as Robert attests). -F was never the right option in this situation, -U is the story for updating. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
