Unless you have configured a Cooker mirror with Software Manager, all updates
are official.
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 04:16, Curtis Matthiesen wrote:
> >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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