[Cooker] MandrakeUpdate problems
I'm having a few peoblems with MandrakeUpdate in 8.0. 1. The first is that it asks you to have a security update, which is good, but these don't mix well with cooker releases. I couldn't choose to show only cooker, so I ended up deleting the security, and hoping that security fixes make their way into cooker (which I know they do). 2. There's no way to resize or remove a column to see the full package descriptions. 3. When you install the packages, it doesn't automatically look for package dependencies therefore the install fails. 4. If the installation of one rpm fails it seems that the entire install fails. 5. When the install fails, there is no way to --force and --nodeps the packages. (I saw this come up once but the install still failed). 6. When the install fails, it downloads all the files again instead of using the ones already on disk. (It should probably at least verify the checksum first). I think this is not only very inefficient but very slow. 7. MandrajeUpdate from 7.2 at least offered a way for you to --force rpms, didn't fail as often, and wouldn't re-download rpms already in /var/cache/grpmi as I recall. -- Sincerely, David Walluck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] MandrakeUpdate problems
On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 09:21:30PM -0500, Ed Wilts wrote: Since updating perl (I think this is what broke it), MandrakeUpdate no longer works: [root@linux1 /tmp]# 'ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/SysVinit-2.78-4mdk.i586.rpm' syntax error at /usr/X11R6/bin/grpmi.pm line 6, near "mkdir" Execution of /usr/X11R6/bin/grpmi.pm aborted due to compilation errors. grpmi: common.c:48: myread: Assertion `s == size' failed. All updates that I've tried will fail - the bug is in grpmi.pm. [root@linux1 /tmp]# rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/grpmi.pm grpmi-7.1-19mdk There appears to be a dependcy problem between the MandrakeUpdate and grpmi and perl. Thanks, fixed (MandrakeUpdate-7.1-20mdk) DindinX -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] HF Team
[Cooker] MandrakeUpdate problems
Since updating perl (I think this is what broke it), MandrakeUpdate no longer works: [root@linux1 /tmp]# 'ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/SysVinit-2.78-4mdk.i586.rpm' syntax error at /usr/X11R6/bin/grpmi.pm line 6, near "mkdir" Execution of /usr/X11R6/bin/grpmi.pm aborted due to compilation errors. grpmi: common.c:48: myread: Assertion `s == size' failed. All updates that I've tried will fail - the bug is in grpmi.pm. [root@linux1 /tmp]# rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/grpmi.pm grpmi-7.1-19mdk There appears to be a dependcy problem between the MandrakeUpdate and grpmi and perl. -- Ed Wilts Mounds View, MN USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
