On Monday 05 June 2006 17:32, Pascal Bleser wrote: > > Umm, how is it that we're supposed to install packages to 10.1 systems? > > We now have several different tools (yum, yast, smart, apt) that see only > > subset of total packages available, and thus, are unable to satisfy > > dependencies for anything. Let alone bugs, but is this even conceptially > > figured out now? > > A subset ? huh ?
Well, we have at least yum, yast, apt, smart and god knows what else as repository types. These tools are completely unaware of each other, and thus can't solve dependencies properly as each sees only a subset of the packages available. As a concrete example, I just tried to upgrade to KDE 3.5.3 using YUM, but this yielded dozens of missing dependencies (as these packages are to be served via yast). Is the idea now that SUSE is trying to create some kind of a magical superset tool that magically binds all these together and is able to resolve dependencies between different repository types? Or what's going on? That said, it won't be long now that somebody comes out with new 'cool looking' package management tool that once againt tries to solve a puzzle that can't really be solved without revising basics [of Linux].. > I'm able to install everything with smart. I had some outdated version installed that didn't really work. Trying the current version now, but then again - I don't think a tool you are serving on some corner of the web is supposed to be the way SUSE is going to address this? But hey, thanks for this. Lets give it a go once again. -- // Janne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
