On Saturday 29 November 2003 02:03, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 1:13 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2003 23:53, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > The advantage is that I do not have to explain how to put the CD > > > sources back again ;-) > > > > </snip> > > > > Which brings up a rather naive question : > > > > Let's say a newbie leaves his original CD sources "as is" and then > > decides to add some more, following your excellent advice, Derek. > > Then, being on the "easy urpmi"- site, he/she -accidentally defines > > "main" once again, this time from some mirror on the net. Now, our > > newbie has two sources for "main". > > > > What happens ? - Will urpmi get confused ? - Or just spit out a > > message like : "you idiot, why bother me with two identical > > sources, waisting my time ? - Do you want to shuffle CD's or watch > > the blinkenlights on your modem ?" > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > I don't know. Want to try it and tell us? > > At a guess I would say it would prefer the CD sources.
In 9.1 it just showed double entries (usually with different version numbers) in 9.2 I'm not sure. It will offer a choice when it (urpmi) stumbles on a few options. On my laptop I just uncheck the CD sources when it's hooked up on a LAN with an internet connection while on the road (with only gsm connection) I use the CD's and uncheck the others. On my desktop I've copied the CD's to HD and use those. I didn't remove the CD-sources, just unchecked them. > > Of course your question is actually rhetorical since the CDs and 'main' are > not actually identical. 'Main' contains the kernel-source package which > is not on the CDs. (Although it is superceded by the one in 'updates' ) > > derek -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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