On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:44:12 -0400 Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Saturday 30 September 2006 15:45, Claude Jones wrote: > >On Sat September 30 2006 3:17 pm, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Greetings all; > >> > >> I just ran smart pkg mgr on my FC5 lappy, and any cups I click > >> on claims it will downgrade 3 packages if I exec it. What the > >> heck? Yumex doesn't seem to have that problem. > > > >SMART is doing what it's supposed to do. It offers an upgradeable > >file, but, because all the mirrors haven't caught up, or because > >someone forgot to update a spec file, or because I forgot to > >take my meds this am, SMART is warning you that it will have to > >downgrade two other packages in order to upgrade the first - > >sometimes, that can be very useful. Yumex can't get that > >sophisticated, and just returns a failed dependencies error in > >the same situation. > > > Well, yumex is doing it, 168 megs worth of updates, seemingly without > developing a tummy ache. > > >now - 'bout those meds..... > > Yeah. Can I recommend Noni Juice? > > >-- > >Claude Jones > >Brunswick, Md, USAI > Ran Smart Package Manger once and never again. I had to reload many of the applications I prefer to use after smart package decide to remove them. The worst thing was it decide to force the issue on the gnome/kde debate. Smart Package decide I was not to use gnome removed it and loaded kde for me instead. In the end I had such a mess that the best thing to do was a full reinstal. Norm
