> > I contacted videolan a few VLC-versions ago when this problem first > > happened, they told me to contact packman as they used your files. > > Looks like I have to tell them again about this unsolved problem. > > Where in which file is the information about dependencies stored so > > that I can analyse the file and see what mistake they have made? The > > repo is here: http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/13.1/ > > Well, actually both videolan.org and Packman just link to the openSUSE vlc > packages, as mentioned: > https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/multimedia:libs/vlc
It would seem that I have been misinformed by someone at videolan about the process of creating the vlc packages at videolan. I'll continue the discussion with them. I still need to know where in which file(s) the dependencies are set so that I can see what someone has done wrong or what my computer misinterprets. > > I don't use zypper when this problem happens, I use the automatic > > update through the simple app that comes with OpenSUSE KDE. > > Yes, but you should try with zypper to see if the problem occurs there as > well. When I wrote to the list I only wanted to discuss the underlying cause of the problem with the vlc updates at videolan. I had already solved the problem temporarily, so there was never any reason to run "zypper up" in the first place. Now I have switched to packman, but I'll contact videolan again and discuss more with them. Thanks all for answering quickly! /David Den 5 okt 2014 02:00 skrev "Wolfgang Bauer" <[email protected] >: > Am Sonntag, 5. Oktober 2014, 00:28:41 schrieb David Kronlid: > > I contacted videolan a few VLC-versions ago when this problem first > > happened, they told me to contact packman as they used your files. > > Looks like I have to tell them again about this unsolved problem. > > Where in which file is the information about dependencies stored so > > that I can analyse the file and see what mistake they have made? The > > repo is here: http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/13.1/ > > Well, actually both videolan.org and Packman just link to the openSUSE vlc > packages, as mentioned: > https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/multimedia:libs/vlc > > So you might file a bug report at http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/ . > > But there is no general problem anyway IMHO. > Otherwise others (including me) would have this as well, no? > > > I don't use zypper when this problem happens, I use the automatic > > update through the simple app that comes with OpenSUSE KDE. > > Yes, but you should try with zypper to see if the problem occurs there as > well. > > > What's the point of simplifying things with a > > graphical interface if people are still going to use command line? ;-) > > Just that: to make life simpler for people who want it simpler. > Also some things just are not possible at the command line. > > But that doesn't mean that you may not use the command line any more. > E.g. to get better error messages that might point to the actual problem. > > > > What is your repo list? > > > zypper lr -d > > > > I don't want to print my repo list on a mailing list, sorry. > > Why? Is this a secret? > > Then we probably cannot help you further, sorry. > Especially if you don't want to run "zypper up" either... > > > However I don't understand why I normally shouldn't use the videolan > > repos as they only seem to take what's at packman and spread it to the > > world through their servers. > > No they don't. See above. > They take the packages from openSUSE and rebuild them with full codec > support, > the same as Packman does. > And they have other necessary packages (ffmpeg e.g.) in their repo as well, > even in different versions than Packman, so they obviously do _not_ take > them > from Packman. > > And I didn't say you shouldn't use the videolan repos. But you should not > use > it together with Packman as they contain some of the same stuff in > different > versions. > > > It would also be much > > easier for them if they just told people to add the packman repo and > > install VLC from there as it would give them less work, but that's > > their problem if they want to run their own repos for different > > distros, they might have some good reason to do it. > > Well, of course they have some good reason to do it. > They are the developers of VLC, and they probably want to enable their > users > on any OS or distribution to install it easily from a central place (their > homepage). > And of course they have no control over Packman or any other third-party > repo. > ;) > > Kind Regards, > Wolfgang > > _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
