le sam 17-11-2001 à 14:10, Han a écrit : > Marcel Pol ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Don't forget to mention that these are mostly expiriences from irc, > > > I'd like to state a problem about rpmdrake, and add a suggestion. > > On this mailinglist, and even more on irc it happens often that people > > install Cooker packages on a Mandrake 8.1 install, or even on a 8.0 > > install. > > Well, that's ok to me. > > But mostly people don't expect their install to break, and they don't > > understand that different versions shouldn't be mixed. > > Especially the reactions like, no I didn't do anything wrong. They > broke it.
it will be best to provides packages in the update for stable release so that they are not going to look for cooker packages. For example when a new KDE is out, etc ... > > What I'd like to see in rpmdrake, is that when you add a Cooker > > source, it states a warning. > > Something in the way of: > > You're trying to setup a Cooker source! > > You shouldn't do this, unless you know what you are doing. > > Cooker is a development version of Mandrake Linux. > > It will break your install, and it is meant to break your install. > > Lots of people don't even use urpmi whatever, they never understood > it, they simply install the rpm. > > Lets put the following in %prein > > if uname != 8.2 then > echo 'warning this is a cooker package' > echo 'do _not_ install' > exit 1 > > > And another point; > > Rpmdrake has the habit to name a source after the url. > > If I setup a Cooker source from ftp.surfnet.nl, it gets called > > ftp.surfnet.nl. > > I'd like to see a Cooker source to be called Cooker, so that people > > who eventually find out Cooker breaks their install, can remove the > > Cooker source in rpmdrake more easily. > > if grep url cooker then sourcename cooker, > > > Cya, Han. > -- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/linux_wizard/index.html - Ta mere elle danse le Mia
