On Saturday 01 February 2003 04:21 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 02:38 PM 2/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Okay, like a lot of people, I liked install and remove integrated together > >but > >I can live with them being split up...BUT.... > > > >Many, many times I go to install a package and it says: > > > >"Everything already installed (is it supposed to be like that?)" > > > >As su, I issued a "rpm --rebuilddb", but it didn't help. > > > >Is there any way to get the Software Manager to realise whats correctly > >installed and not? > > > >Thanks > > > >-- > > > > /\ > > Dark< >Lord > > \/ > > *giggles* Gee you've got the same question I was going to ask! I have a > similar problem! > > I used during the install of Linux the ability of the installer to go to > the net & install updates & patches. Well, once I'd loaded linux up, I > went to the Software Updater. It showed only 4 packages avail to > update. Now that made little sense as I went to Mandrakes site, and it has > patches there that were released after I had installed & used the > installer/update util when I loaded Linux originally! > > I know "rpm -q >packagenamehere<" works...but shouldn't the update software > list this stuff too? > > ------------- > FemmeFatale > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert It appears to me that the update prog compares what you have installed on your computer and only downloads the files pertinent to your set up. Otherwise you would get a whole bunch of stuff you don't need. I used gftp and made one of the 9.0 security mirrors a bookmark and then did a select all and downloaded the whole danged thing. Now when there is a new security alert I go to gftp and select my bookmark and then once it is loaded I do "tools>compare windows" and then the < select and it only downloads what is different. The neat thing is it works kinda like rsync cause if a package has changed but the name didn't ( I know not likely) or the package version changes I can d/l the new file and then delete the old or if it asks overwrite the old. I keep the file as Update9.0 on my second hard drive and any thing that bungs up the hda doesn't affect the updates. So if I have do a reinstall I don't have to download the whole thing again. (take a breath now, should have made a paragraph). Another little quirk of mine that works for me. HTH someone else. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842
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