On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:47:02 -0800 Rolf Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pierre Fortin wrote: > > What it's like trying to update 9.0 over a modem... or why I complain > > about issues that will cause potential users to not adopt Mdk... :^( > > > > I can't do justice to the totality of the underlying issue of your post, > > however, I wonder if you know of the workaround when rpmdrake gets > corrupted from a bad shutdown or other: > > rm any /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* > rpm --rebuilddb Yes, I do.... BUT.... how does this differ from M$' "reboot your system" approach? My point is that there is a LOT of Mdk code that "just works" when there are no errors... let something happen outside that "perfect space" and all hell breaks loose... To wit, all my updates over DSL went fine; doing the exact same steps over a modem... (see original post) I came to Linux (and Mandrake) years ago because things got fixed; now it seems that everything is only being made to work in the "perfect space" in order to pump out the most candy, anything else is thrown into the "reboot" bucket... That's what I'm complaining about and that's what IMO is the core problem with why Mdk is not getting market share as fast as it could... Heck... the mere fact that I'm reconsidering my choice of distro is deeply troubling to me -- I hate the idea going back to RH; but if RH proves to me that their error recovery works, then it will mean that while RH may not have all the eye-candy Mdk does, the choice will be between which distro "sucks less" IMO: Mdk -- too many errors that are ignored... RH -- less candy; but it works... Guess which will get picked at this rate... I can't be the only one that thinks like this... If I am, then Mdk's future is not assured IMO... Pierre PS: There were a number of problems for which there is no recovery in my post, and this morning, MU claims everything is up-to-date while "rpm -qa | grep kde" gives: # rpm -qa | grep kde kdev_htdig-1.1-2mdk kdepim-3.0.3-4mdk kdegraphics-3.0.5a-1.1mdk kdetoys-3.0.3-3mdk kdeadmin-3.0.5a-1.1mdk kdemultimedia-3.0.3-7mdk kdebase-3.0.3-68mdk kdesdk-3.0.3-5mdk kdebase-devel-3.0.3-68mdk kdelibs-devel-3.0.3-30.1mdk kdegames-3.0.3-7mdk kdenetwork-3.0.3-15.1mdk kdeutils-3.0.3-6mdk kdemultimedia-devel-3.0.3-7mdk kdelibs-3.0.3-30.1mdk kdebase-nsplugins-3.0.3-68mdk kde-i18n-en_GB-3.0.3-2mdk kdenetwork-devel-3.0.3-15.1mdk kdevelop-2.1.3-6mdk I *know*... reboo^H^Huild.... :^P
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