Klaus Kaempf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for > reasoning of and better concepts for locking packages in the package > manager.
[...] > Proposals anyone ? I still believe third parties (all of them) must learn not to touch the /usr, /var, etc. hierarchies. This includes the RPM database. That's probably a long term goal. For the time being, by default our tools should not update packages if the vendors are different. We must ask the user first or offer --force switches to command line tools. We also should ask whether some kind of update or a uninstall/install procedure is wanted. -- Karl Eichwalder R&D / Documentation SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]