----- Original Message -----
From: "RichardA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 02:47
Subject: Re: [newbie] urpmi --auto-select
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:20:49 -0400, Brant Fitzsimmons
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The "--update" switch tells urpmi to update the system from the
> > *update urpmi source only*.
> >
> > Examples:
> >
> > "urpmi --updates --auto-select" will update everything from the
> > *updates* urpmi source.
> >
> > "urpmi --auto-select" will update the machine from *all* urpmi
> > sources.
>
> Is it 'update', or 'updates'? I wonder if I did the wrong one
because
> after I rebooted all hell broke loose. There were scary messages on
> boot. X loaded, but when I tried to log in, I was told /home didn't
> exist! (the message was something like 'you could try to use /root,
but
> it won't work' ;).
>
> An upgrade still had problems, so I re-installed (it's handy to have
> /home is on a separate partition), reinstalled Sylpheed and
everything
> is exactly as it was, bar a few things in /etc.
>
> If I got the update switch wrong, would updating from all sources
> completely fubar my setup like that?
hi richard, it's 'update', as in
urpmi --update --auto-select
generally, you shouldn't do a pure
urpmi --auto-select
unless you only have the original mandrake
installation (and update) sources defined,
or you know very well what u're trying to do.
(eg, run cooker)
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