On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:00:54 -0700 Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Sch wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > It happened too me twice today .. urpmi taken permanent vacation after update .. > > it seems that it just wipes dependencies .. even its own .. after some years of > > using and trusting it I was let down. > > > > Well I have seen this some time ago. > > > > Kindly point me to site were I can try to find the mail please. > > Maybe if it is short kindly explain please. > > > > I did a repair by popping cd 1 and upgrade same system .. some side effects .. > > nvidia must be re-istalled .. urpmi in MCC additional sites wiped .. maybe > > something else I stiil have not discovered. > > > > Thanks > > I've had that happen to me. Basically what you have to do is go find the > rpm packages to install yourself by spelunking through ftp and stuff, > and install everything package by package. Annoying, but I managed to do > it with the help of my friend, and I'm fairly new to all this stuff. > > From what I was told, urpmi is a fairly simple program, so it just > removes what needs to be removed, then installs the new stuff. But when > one of the things it removes is one of it's dependencies, it'll remove > itself too because it wasn't told ~not~ to. > > Good luck on getting that rolling. I haven't had a problem with it again > since I had to reinstall it the hard way. > Kind of you to reply, thanks. I did not have such good friend. I wiped that OS of the HD and reinstalled. Lucky I rsync my home dir and my updates from .../urpmi/rpms to a spare partition on regular bases. So to reach my previous state took 5 hrs. If this was the easy or the hard way I am not so sure. Regards -- Johan Sch Registered Linux User #33034 May this be a good day for learning
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