Jose wrote: > Charles A Edwards wrote: > >> >> As of this morning if rpmdrake is used to to update pkgs on a system >> currently running cooker, rpmdrake is STILL attempting to install the >> packages rather >> than upgrade them, so because of conflics with the already installed >> pkgs none >> can be done. >> >> Today when there are only 12 pkgs, downloading them manually and then >> installing as a group with rpm -Uvh *rpm is not that much of a pain. >> But if I go 2 or 3 days there can be as many as 40 or 50 pkgs which >> need to be upgraded and doing that many manually IS a pain. >> >> Charles >> > Have you also noticed when doing cooker updates with rpmdrake how it > seems to download rpms that have no dependencies to other rpms. For > example, a while back i wanted to download XFree86, but it also insisted > on installing glibc and all its dependencies. When I ran rpm from a > command prompt, it installed X successfully (and functioned) without a > newer glibc. > > > >
rpmdrake is just a frontend to rpm isn't it? Maybe just different switches are being set when you use rpmdrake? Just a guess... mike -- Mike & Tracy Holt \|||/ Kirkland, WA (o o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----o00--(_)--00o---- www.holt-tech.net --- "There's something to be said for relatives... it has to be said because it's unprintable." (A. Einstein)
