On Saturday 30 September 2006 21:46, norm wrote: >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 Humm, now that doesn't sound exactly like a ringing recommendation for whats supposed to be, and is being sold as, the next generation package manager. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
