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From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 08:19:43 -0300
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] installed and installable packages/updates...discrepancy??> Greetings everyone, I have something going on here with what seems to be a >discrepancy between what my "Install software" and "Remove software" programs are >telling me. :-/ > > I have found several packages that are showing as installed in 'Remove software", >but in "Install software" there is an update showing as available from >"source:Update". > These packages have identical id's and changelogs, but the files and sizes don't >match. The packages shown as being required contain generally a lot of patches. > > When I run "Mandrake update", no packages are showing as required, and I am told >that my system is up to date. I am completely baffled as to what is going on here. > > These are the packages for which I have noted this apparent discrepancy: > devfsd-1.3.25-19.3mdk > arts-1.0.3-7.1mdk > kdelibs-3.0.3-30.1mdk > kdegraphics-3.0.3-11.1mdk > I expect there are others too. > > I hope I have described my situation clearly enough. Is anyone else showing this >discrepancy? > Any feedback on this would be appreciated. > TIA. > > > --Angus > ************************************************************** Just an addendum.......... I have keep my system updated with all the updated packages that I have been notified off by email from MandrakeSecurity. Also I have run Mandrake Update on a regular basis. It appears that my updates haven't been properly acknowledged by the urpmi database. Why would this occur? I'm quite certain that I do indeed have all the updates installed, and when I run Update, that is indicated. There is the apparent discrepancy between "Install software" and "Remove software" though. "Install" shows the updates as not being installed, while "Remove" says they are :-/ Is there a way that I can manually straighten this out? TIA. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James Thurber *********************************************** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *********************************************** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *********************************************** -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze
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