On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:45:16 -0500 (EST), William Hooper <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Kam Leo said: > > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:32:11 -0500 (EST), William Hooper > > <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> > >> Kam Leo said: > >> > >> > >>> Restricting oneself to CDs after installing upgraded packages is > >>> going to require more effort than using smart or synaptic and the > >>> internet. The packages listed above need to be downgraded/replaced > >>> with the ones on the CDs so that the package group on the CDs can be > >>> installed using system-config-package. Any additional conficts need > >>> the downgrade/replacement routine. > >> > >> Gee, this sounds familiar. > >> > >> > > > > Sure is. > > I said it earlier. It was also stated in other posts/topics, not just the thread of this thread. > > > It's been quoted many times in other threads. But I believe > > it is worth repeating: "In order to install some packages you may need to > > downgrade/replace newer packages!" > > That last part is only if you are using third party repos that aren't > keeping up with Fedora Core. > > >>> If the OP has the disk space my advice is to A) create a local > >>> repository for all packages on the CDs; > >> > >> And so does this. > >> > >> > > > > Yes, again. However, you didn't advise the OP to use smart to resolve > > and ameliorate the downgrade/replacement task ahead. > > I guess I just haven't drank the "smart" kool-aid yet. Downgrading > packages (and potentially reverting security updates) just doesn't sound > like something I want my dep manager to be doing. Besides, the OP is > talking about just Fedora Core packages. The OP enabled the pre-extras repo which if I'm not mistaken is fedora.us. How many of the pre-extras packages did he install? > There shouldn't be much > downgrading involved and all the deps are consistent, so the choice of dep > solving tool won't matter much beyond personal preference. > > > An interactive gui > > application is much better than iterating through numerous rpm dependency > > outputs. > > Yum and up2date do a good job for me. Until you stray away from Fedora Core. > > -- > William Hooper >
