On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 10:50:33AM -0500, Richard Creighton wrote: > Eberhard Roloff wrote: > > Hi, > > > > just a warning. > > > > Since I made an online update yesterday, I can no longer run yast online > > update, and also can not start yast software management anymore. > > > > The helper applet in my kde tray displays: > > Error: Can't launch zypp-checkpatches-wrapper helper program..... > > > > In the meantime I fixed this problem by doing this in the i586 directory > > on the suse dvd: > > rpm -Uvh --force boost-1*.rpm libzypp-3*.rpm zypper*.rpm > > > > I got that from a suse forum on the web, where the same happened with > > suse 10.3/64 for several people. > > > > Accroding to the forum the boost update made yast software things unuseable. > > > > Good luck and take care. > > > > Eberhard > > > > > It's about time that the updater program and more generally Yast > installer provide the OPTION to backup any files it deletes to either > the trashcan or to a special directory for the purpose of providing the > ability to recover from the increasing number of bad updates, kernels > and other software that is currently just deleting what is often > perfectly good (read operating) software and replacing it with a 'fix' > that too often really 'fixes' things, to the point of being unable to > run.
How do you want to backup those updates RPMs ... Especially with scripts run and other things. It is very difficult and not workable I guess. As for multiple kernels installed at the same, this is something we consider. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
