>It isn't always good to have the latest version of a package. Newer
>versions
>can sometimes break compatibility with other packages. When a distro is
>made,
>the distro maker tries its best to ensure that all packages work well with
>each other. Official updates are also tested for this, and so are safe to
>install. With other packages, you shoudn't upgrade if everything is fine.
>
Well, I assume the updates that I see when I run Mandrake Update are
"Official updates" or, if not, how do you tell what is an "official update"
compared to the updates that are showing at Mandrake Update?
TIA
Curtis
>As for the rest of your message, Civileme has already answered it. The grep
>command has been changed (this is a very rare occurrance, AFAIK), partially
>breaking the functionality of Software Manager. I think we'll have to wait
>for a Software Manager update before things get back to normal again.
>
>--
>Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
> LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
> -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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