Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Bob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-11-08 21:52]: > On Friday 11 January 2008 04:49:09 am Philipp Thomas wrote: > > > > Just keep in mind that smart seems ignorant of architecture as it will > > happily upgrade x86_64 packages with i586 ones and vice versa, i.e. not > > destinguish between 32 and 64 bit packages. > > Not true. Anytime you do an install of a package it just knows. If you do a > search it will ask you which one you want. No, smart will hickup occasionally and requires attention. But it does not happen often and usually relates to an incorrect package. I have 25 or 30 packages (particular versions) locked to keep i586 packages from being installed on my x86_64 system. Packages where there are x86_64 packages which may have been presented late. - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535@ http://counter.li.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHiCzQClSjbQz1U5oRAquCAKCnwIMlorbK6Gs8RJwM0Qzz1BN/qgCePRq6 +OBJ+Nd4h726J3xDPDyK8hM= =F3xl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
On Friday 11 January 2008 04:49:09 am Philipp Thomas wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:53:14 +, Timothy Cahill wrote: > >I'm now using SMART as my software manager, and it is working perfectly. > > From these directions > > Just keep in mind that smart seems ignorant of architecture as it will > happily upgrade x86_64 packages with i586 ones and vice versa, i.e. not > destinguish between 32 and 64 bit packages. Not true. Anytime you do an install of a package it just knows. If you do a search it will ask you which one you want. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Philipp Thomas schreef: > * M9. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20080111 10:57]: > >> These guys work hard to improve the app, so they deserve to get tested. > > Yepp. I didn't mean to discourage people, just make them wary that there are > issues they should be aware of. > > Philipp > So was i, you were not blamed.. ;-) - -- Have a nice day, M9. Now, is the only time that exists. OS: Linux 2.6.24-rc6-git11-3-default x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systeem: openSUSE 11.0 (x86_64) Alpha0 KDE: 3.5.8 "release 31" -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHh6NuX5/X5X6LpDgRAtxGAJ4i664wYFXIcE+Iu8POdh5elWL4bACeP5ST I0Ra7nunPgE6AgV4GlzHs58= =rYDP -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
* M9. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20080111 10:57]: > These guys work hard to improve the app, so they deserve to get tested. Yepp. I didn't mean to discourage people, just make them wary that there are issues they should be aware of. Philipp -- Anything whose specification is too complicated to explain easily probably needs to be redesigned. David Abrahams on boost -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Philipp Thomas schreef: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:53:14 +, Timothy Cahill wrote: > >> I'm now using SMART as my software manager, and it is working perfectly. >> From >> these directions > > Just keep in mind that smart seems ignorant of architecture as it will > happily upgrade x86_64 packages with i586 ones and vice versa, i.e. not > destinguish between 32 and 64 bit packages. > > Philipp Exactly that happened to me a few times in the past, it totaly wrecked my install, that's why i've gotten carefull with it. But i must say, i don not know if this is still happening now. These guys work hard to improve the app, so they deserve to get tested. It is usefull, if one cannot uninstall a particular pkg, because of endless lists of deps, smart just does the job... - -- Have a nice day, M9. Now, is the only time that exists. OS: Linux 2.6.24-rc6-git11-3-default x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systeem: openSUSE 11.0 (x86_64) Alpha0 KDE: 3.5.8 "release 31" -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHhz14X5/X5X6LpDgRAhhdAJ9iGRSjkTS26fRqvBIoVdzb1ixhigCeIG3E LZYG4Qi9zVsRxXRSzWO4BhY= =ksd0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:53:14 +, Timothy Cahill wrote: >I'm now using SMART as my software manager, and it is working perfectly. From >these directions Just keep in mind that smart seems ignorant of architecture as it will happily upgrade x86_64 packages with i586 ones and vice versa, i.e. not destinguish between 32 and 64 bit packages. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
Timothy Cahill wrote: > On January 9, 2008, Dave Plater wrote: > >> Rajko M. wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 08 January 2008 02:33:39 pm Timothy Cahill wrote: >>> installed from the live version. One annoyance is that I cannot see rpm package descriptions for most of the rpms that came with the DVD. When I browse the DVD using Konqueror, I can see that the descriptions are there, but in YAST2 the description tab is blank of all information > > >> I used to have that problem when I had an rpm only directory for my >> local repository (still wishing for a yast that saves rpms ) . It came >> right when I used createrepo to index the repository. The descriptions >> you see are contained in the rpm itself and createrepo places them in a >> gz compressed xml file in the repository. This is what takes a lot of >> time to download when a large repository refreshes. >> > > Following your suggestion, I'm considering copying the DVD to harddisk, then > running createrepo against the HD version. > Too bad the live DVD ships with this problem. Doubly unfortunate that the > SuSE > team's policy is to leave flawed/broken distributions as is. It seems that > this could be an easy thing to fix as a 10.3.01 release. While they were at > it they could fix the broken link in YAST2's add community repositories > application. > > >> KPackage, kde's package manager reads the description straight from the >> rpm. I don,t know what smart does, I've never got it to work properly. >> Dave >> > > I'm now using SMART as my software manager, and it is working perfectly. From > these directions > http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/108589-howto-install-use-smart-opensuse-10-3-a.html > > I did: > # zypper sa -r > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/smart/openSUSE_10.3/smart.repo > # zypper ref smart > # zypper install smart > # smart channel --add > http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/files/smart/opensuse-10.3.txt > > AFter this, I run smart from the KDE menu System --> configuration > > Initially, the repositories (called channels by SMART) must be updated, and > then I can download any new software or updates. The two most excellent > things about smart are 1) if a download times out, you can just Apply the > marked changes again, and smart only downloads the items that were not > successful the last time. because 2) smart keeps local copies of everything > it downloads. > > Let me know if you'd like further assistance. > > > > > My problem with smart is, it complains about keys for quite a few packages in my local repo and I have to press enter for each complaint. I tried entering a few keyservers and downloading every pgp key I found in the online repositories, after reading smart's online help, but still no luck. It's the "keeping a copy after install feature I like", at the moment I use yast to find program and dependents, download rpms and then restart yast to install from local repo. I only update the main repositories when I need to search for a newer version or something. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
On January 9, 2008, Dave Plater wrote: > Rajko M. wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 January 2008 02:33:39 pm Timothy Cahill wrote: > >> installed from the live version. One annoyance is that I cannot see rpm > >> package descriptions for most of the rpms that came with the DVD. When I > >> browse the DVD using Konqueror, I can see that the descriptions are > >> there, but in YAST2 the description tab is blank of all information > I used to have that problem when I had an rpm only directory for my > local repository (still wishing for a yast that saves rpms ) . It came > right when I used createrepo to index the repository. The descriptions > you see are contained in the rpm itself and createrepo places them in a > gz compressed xml file in the repository. This is what takes a lot of > time to download when a large repository refreshes. Following your suggestion, I'm considering copying the DVD to harddisk, then running createrepo against the HD version. Too bad the live DVD ships with this problem. Doubly unfortunate that the SuSE team's policy is to leave flawed/broken distributions as is. It seems that this could be an easy thing to fix as a 10.3.01 release. While they were at it they could fix the broken link in YAST2's add community repositories application. > KPackage, kde's package manager reads the description straight from the > rpm. I don,t know what smart does, I've never got it to work properly. > Dave I'm now using SMART as my software manager, and it is working perfectly. From these directions http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/108589-howto-install-use-smart-opensuse-10-3-a.html I did: # zypper sa -r http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/smart/openSUSE_10.3/smart.repo # zypper ref smart # zypper install smart # smart channel --add http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/files/smart/opensuse-10.3.txt AFter this, I run smart from the KDE menu System --> configuration Initially, the repositories (called channels by SMART) must be updated, and then I can download any new software or updates. The two most excellent things about smart are 1) if a download times out, you can just Apply the marked changes again, and smart only downloads the items that were not successful the last time. because 2) smart keeps local copies of everything it downloads. Let me know if you'd like further assistance. -- Timothy Cahill 301 Fulford-Ganges Rd. Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 2K6 250-537-8409 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
Rajko M. wrote: > On Tuesday 08 January 2008 02:33:39 pm Timothy Cahill wrote: > >> I've recently downgraded to the 32-bit version of OpenSuSE 10.3 that is >> installed from the live version. One annoyance is that I cannot see rpm >> package descriptions for most of the rpms that came with the DVD. When I >> browse the DVD using Konqueror, I can see that the descriptions are there, >> but in YAST2 the description tab is blank of all information except the >> Package name. I've tried to google this problem, but I've not found any >> matching descriptions. Has anyone else experienced this? >> >> >> -- >> Timothy Cahill >> > > Missing descriptions are for packages that are not installed. > Internet times have spoiled developers ie. files that are not 'downloaded' > don't have descriptions. > > I have to check here is it any different with DVD as installation source. > > I used to have that problem when I had an rpm only directory for my local repository (still wishing for a yast that saves rpms ) . It came right when I used createrepo to index the repository. The descriptions you see are contained in the rpm itself and createrepo places them in a gz compressed xml file in the repository. This is what takes a lot of time to download when a large repository refreshes. KPackage, kde's package manager reads the description straight from the rpm. I don,t know what smart does, I've never got it to work properly. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
On Tuesday 08 January 2008 02:33:39 pm Timothy Cahill wrote: > I've recently downgraded to the 32-bit version of OpenSuSE 10.3 that is > installed from the live version. One annoyance is that I cannot see rpm > package descriptions for most of the rpms that came with the DVD. When I > browse the DVD using Konqueror, I can see that the descriptions are there, > but in YAST2 the description tab is blank of all information except the > Package name. I've tried to google this problem, but I've not found any > matching descriptions. Has anyone else experienced this? > > > -- > Timothy Cahill Missing descriptions are for packages that are not installed. Internet times have spoiled developers ie. files that are not 'downloaded' don't have descriptions. I have to check here is it any different with DVD as installation source. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] YAST2 not displaying package descriptions
I've recently downgraded to the 32-bit version of OpenSuSE 10.3 that is installed from the live version. One annoyance is that I cannot see rpm package descriptions for most of the rpms that came with the DVD. When I browse the DVD using Konqueror, I can see that the descriptions are there, but in YAST2 the description tab is blank of all information except the Package name. I've tried to google this problem, but I've not found any matching descriptions. Has anyone else experienced this? -- Timothy Cahill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
