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]>

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