I don't know about how update keeps track of what needs installing, but when
you did the update, did Mandrake-update reload the available updates list? It
should have, and the screen package should not have been on the list at that
time (following the update). Check that the package was sucessfully installed
with RPM or KRPM. If the previous version is listed as still being installed,
then that may be the culprit. This is just a shot in the dark, but worth
looking at. Then you will have a better idea where the problem is comming from,
and perhaps what needs fixing.
Ernie
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999,Mr-X- wrote:
| Hi again..
| i was just playing around with the update and i went to a diferent mirror site
| and wanted me to update the screen package that i updated just a few minutes
| ago. doesnt it write to a file somewhere so that it knows youv already updated
| that package ?
|
| On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher said:
| > Dear friends:
| >
| > The credit for this solution belongs to Andrew, a member of our list. I
| > apologize for not remembering his surname. I hope he comes through to
| > confirm this.
| >
| > OK, the solution is a piece of cake (again, please take a bow, Andrew):
| >
| > On your Mandrake 6.1 desktop, right-click on the Update icon: actually
| > not on the icon itself but on the caption "update" beneath. This will
| > bring up a short menu with Properties as the last item on the menu. Open
| > that and go into Execute, delete what's there and type:
| >
| > kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate
| >
| >
| > Just like that. No quotes.
| >
| >
| > Click OK.
| >
| > If necessary, log out of KDE and log back in (as user). You probably
| > won't have to log out at all. The change should take effect immediately
| > (unlike in Windows, where the slightest configuration chagne requires a
| > reboot).
| >
| > Now just click on the Update icon (yellow star) on the Desktop. It will
| > ask you for your root password right off. Remember to check the
| > "remember password" part at left bottom of the dialogue box. And the
| > rest is history.
| >
| > I had entered the command a few days ago, but tonight was my first
| > chance to test it. There were two update rpms waiting for me. It worked
| > flawlessly, fetching and installing the rpms AS USER (that is, as user
| > who has automatically su - to root while still logged in as user in KDE.
| >
| > You can also open xterm and su - to root and type the same command.
| > Should work just as well.
| >
| > Once Update remembers your password, it's all automatic and just plain
| > fun to watch it to its updating for direct from the Internet's
| > neverneverland. And you never have to leave KDE as user.
| >
| > It works, folks, and flawlessly.
| >
| > Yours,
| >
| > Benjamin
| > --
| > Benjamin and Anna Sher
| > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| > Sher's Russian Web
| > http://www.websher.net
