On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, aurelio marinho jargas - ctba wrote:
>
> > > maybe it should test the RPM dir you especify as soon as you
> > > put the entry to it on the Preferences menu, and not when
> > > you try to install/update a package from the other itens.
> what about that?
Well, when you set the preference, one path may not be available. For
example, on a redhat system, one may set /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS and the CD
may not be mounted at this time. So validation is not always possible.
>
> > Not sure I follow you. When you enter a directory, it does not expect
> > sub-directories at all. It uses the wildcard spec (*.rpm by default) to
> > scan the directory directly. It does not even rely on *.386.rpm. I mean,
> > you can take one file say
> forget about it, i was doing the mistake, passing a dir and
> not a path/pack-name.rpm to the Install/Update one package
> menu.
>
> and on the Install/Update many packages i can't pass the dir
> of the full distribution cause segfault.
>
> but passing a dir with less rpms, all ok.
Ok, it will be fixed in the next release of managerpm. There were a bug
both in the module and in linuxconf. So an upgrade to both will be needed.
Check the announce...
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