Anders Johansson wrote: > [...] > Well, with these definitions, System Update is just that, a System > Update. It shouldn't be used to upgrade to a completely new version of > the system (e.g. moving from 10.0 to 10.1). It should be used for when > you have a source of rpms and you want to mass update them. For example > from the supplementary packages on the suse ftp site, or from a packman > mirror site.
Sorry Anders, you're wrong! A bunch of RPMs should be installed via "Software Management" - just add the Packman repository as installation source and that's it. YOU (=Update) is for bug and security fixes, and "System Update" is indeed for upgrading from one SuSE Linux version to another SuSE Linux version, and there is no manual fixing necessary if you do a correct(!) upgrade. You can't upgrade the base system while your system is running, therefore you need to boot from CD/DVD to start the "System Update". If you do not care about this, then you end up with what you've just described (a buggy system), and there is even an SDB article about it: http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/10/thallma_you_oldpatches.html Cheers, Th. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
