Am Do, den 28.10.2004 schrieb Ryan McDougall um 19:00: > Test install failed because of package conflicts: > file /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 from install of libxml2-2.6.15-2 conflicts > with the file from package libxml2_2.6.10-2_11.rhfc2.at > > now when I double click the alert icon it tells me what versions I > have and are available this is what comes up (including the perl stuff > just to hopefully help out.): > > Package Installed Available > libxml2 -2.6.10-2_11rhfc2.at -2.6.15-2:,-2.6.15-2 > libxml2-python -2.6.10-2_11rhfc2.at -2.6.15-2:,-2.6.15-2 > perl-XML-LibXML -1.53-1 -1.56-10:,-1.56-10 > perl-XML-LibXML-Common -0.12-1 -0.13-5:,-0.13-5 > perl-XML-NameSpaceSupport -1.08-1 -1.08-5:,-1.08-5 > perl-XML-SAX -0.12-1 -0.96-2:,-0.96-2 You definitely mix core and alternative repos. I know that, because I did it as well but started to get into some dependency problems, so I "downgraded" my system again to a more or less vanilla core/extras-system and everything is fine now. To keep order on my boxes and in my mind as well, I use rhn/up2date and yum only to update core/extra components and applications to keep my boxes free of mixtures regarding the system. Nonetheless I like some applications from the alternative repositories, and I want to keep them as uptodate as possible. For them I use apt/synaptic, because I know how to keep system updates abay. So in /etc/apt/sources I have all the core/extra-repositories plus the alternatives. Through /etc/apt/preferences I can do the following: # cat /etc/apt/preferences Explanation: base os Package: * Pin: release c=os Pin-Priority: 993 Explanation: updates Package: * Pin: release c=updates Pin-Priority: 993 Explanation: stable Package: * Pin: release c=stable Pin-Priority: 993 Explanation: audacity Package: audacity Pin: release c=freshrpms Pin-Priority: 994 This means: all applications which are in the core/extras are not replaced by the same applications in alternative repositories - even if they have a higher version number. But all applications I have through alternative repositories will be updated (e.g. gxine). The last entry about audacity means, that I want to stick with the audacity package from freshrpms (it has mp3-support and is more stable than the one from planetccrma - at least here). Just one thing has to be considered with Axel Thimms repository: I point to at-good and not to at-stable, so that it is not regarded as a core-repository by /etc/apt/preferences. This might not be a very orthodox approach, but it works great for me. -- Regards Markus
