On Saturday 04 November 2006 04:37, Alex wrote: > > You are expecting things from opensuse-updater that it doesn't do. > > opensuse-updater does _not_ update every package to the most recent > > version; it installs patches only (like the old SUSEwatcher did), so new > > packages are pulled in only if they are part of a patch. The factory > > tree does not contain any patches. > > That's a point I completely missed in all the previous discussions of the > subject. Makes opensuse-updater also quite unusable for my needs :-((((. Is > adding this functionality planned? > > BTW, a "zypper lu" also shows not a single update though they are > definitely there (smart finds them). Zypper says "Restoring system > sources...", then lists all my repositories, but no update... (Or are there > any "channels" I have to subscribe to, in addition to the active services, > as it was with rug?) > > > In order to have opensuse-updater update all packages to their most > > recent versions, you must configure it to use the ZENworks backend. > > Andreas Hanke (who is still not convinced that removing ZENworks from > > the default installation is a good idea) > > Well, I'm one of those persons who never had the possibility to try out > ZENworks, as every time I wanted to give it a try since it was introduced, > it didn't work for me :-(. So I personally didn't lose any functionaliy by > once again removing it ;). >
Check https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=216097 concerning having the opensuse-updater show all updates when using zypp. Hugo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
