On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> This question is addressed to anyone on the Mandrake staff:
>
> I understand that the MandrakeCooker directory is your development
> directory (sort of like Rawhide is to Red Hat). I notice that there are
> over 250 rpms in it.
over 600 actualy
> Does Mandrake automatically update any rpms (that is, make it available
> to its users via the MandrakeUpdate icon on the desktop) when it feels
> that they are ready? What's the policy on this?
No. None.
> I just downloaded the MandrakeCooker netscape 4.7 files (all three) and
> tried to install them (rpm -Uvh netscape-*.rpm). I got a "segmantation
> fault." So, I promptly deleted them.
rpm -K foo.rpm # make sure it's not a bad download next time
> Is that because the MandrakeCooker Netscape 4.7 files are not ready yet
> for official release? When they are, will they automatically show up on
> MandrakeUpdate?
Don't know their status, i use lynx couldn't even tell ya what netscape
isinstalled on this machine if any.
Yes if they are released as an update...
> Thank you.
>
> Benjamin
>
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