Hi, This has been bothering me for a long time as I am battling to understand the usage of software repositories. I haven't been able to find a reference in the fine manual of 10.2 that describes this , hence my question.
I realise that the repositories are used for updates but why has some of my software not been updated? I am also not expecting to get an update from 10.2 to 10.3 but I would expect updates for the applications I use on 10.2. I am running 10.2 here and have the following YAST repositories loaded, in the order they are listed: opensuse.mirror.ac.za/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss/ ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/ www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss/ ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.suse.com/suse/update/10.2/ (YUM) www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/ opensuse.mirror.ac.za/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/ ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss/ ftp.suse.compub/suse/update/10.2 (YUM) Despite these repositories being loaded, and me complying to several update requests via opensuse updater for various security updates, as announced on opensuse-security, I am yet to receive an update(my version in brackets) to openoffice(2.0.4), Thunderbird(1.5.0.12) and Firefox(2.0.0.10). I realise the list I receive the notifications on is for security so I do not expect it to come from there, but I do expect opensuseupdater to advise me that there is a STABLE release/update for some of the above installed software. I would have thought that I would have had the latest stable releases as I have oss and non-oss repositories loaded. I have read email about releases for Firefox ?3?, Thunderbird ?2.5? and OO.org 2.3 and yet my system does not have the updated version of the software? If I scour the opensuse site and find stable repositories for the above software, should I add them? I would assume yes as the existing ones have not updated the software substantially, Let us assume, without making an ass out of u and me, that I find the repository for Openoffice of: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_10.2/ Before loading it is as a source I would load it into my browser. Here I see there are several sub directories. I would need to know where to end i.e. at the parent folder ..openSUSE_10.2/, or the ...openSUSE_10.2/repodata/ folder, the ...openSUSE_10.2/i586/ folder or in the ...openSUSE_10.2/noarch folder? I would assume i586 but what is the difference between that and noarch? Bear in mind that I want YAST to do all the downloading, extracting and correct installing i.e. I am a GUI person and know not the path to true light i.e. CLI, yet. But I'll cover that in another email :) Help me understand or give me a link I can read to understand it. TIA P.S: I was unable to find anything to explain what I needed at opensuse or TLDP. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
