Something else that would be nice to have:
urpmi.updateall
to update all installed media insted of manually updating whatever number
of ftp servers you have added. If it could somehow be made to ignore cdrom
media, that would kick even more ass, since I'm assuming cdrom media
doesn't get changed every day.
Raj
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Con Kolivas wrote:
> Running
> Linux-Mandrake Cooker-i586 20010402 1:33
>
> rpmdrake 1.3-28
> urpmi 1.5-26
>
> Looking real good now! Great job folks.
>
> Problem with urpmi - if I do an update on a directory with a bad RPM (say one
> with zero bytes because it was never downloaded) urpmi gives up and then
> corrupts that database, and doesn't read the rest of the directory. rpmdrake
> will then segfault during startup. Removing that database entry saves the
> other entries.
>
> urpmi does not cope too well with multiple versions of the same package in
> the database.
>
> urpmi still gets the file location wrong if I install from a subdirectory
> from a harddisk based install
>
> In rpmdrake - if it tries to install an RPM and a conflict arises, if you
> cancel the prompt to not install the RPM then the wizard thinks you have
> successfully installed the package (even though you haven't).
>
> in rpmdrake - once you update/install a package, it remains selected unless
> you deselect it.
>
> rpmdrake cannot seem to distinguish between a source package and a binary one
> - both entries are listed identically if they are the same application!
>
> In the old rpmdrake I had the ability to do a search on file listings and
> package descriptions as well as the package names - this is a sorely missed
> feature.
>
> To be able to use rpmdrake or urpmi as the sole package management utility
> there needs to be a way to install one package that is not listed in the
> database - ie if I download j2sdk.rpm I should be able to urpmi j2sdk.rpm
> without having to add it to the database. I know it's too late for this given
> the freeze but I'm just saying it would be nice.
>
> Keep up the good work!
> Con.
>
