On Sunday 07 December 2008, Globe Trotter wrote: >--- On Sun, 12/7/08, Richard Hughes <hughsient@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> From: Richard Hughes <hughsient@xxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: esc and rhgb >> To: itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx, "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice >> for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, December 7, >> 2008, 3:59 AM >> >> On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 13:20 -0800, Globe Trotter wrote: >> > Similar with some of the graphical messages that come >> >> out of >> >> > PackageKit: this morning, it said "resolving >> >> dependencies" and got >> >> > stuck with an error "Could not resolve >> >> dependencies". I prefer yum >> >> > anyday. >> >> PackageKit uses yum to do the depsolve and run the >> transaction. If it >> doesn't work in PackageKit, it won't work in yum, >> either. > >But my point was that the message is not terribly informative: out of 62 > packages, which one is it whose dependencies could not be resolved? > >T I'll second that thought T, the presently output information is woefully inadequate to allow one to make judgemental choices. To either have to cancel it, or accept that removing a single package with broken dependencies will then remove kde from ones system totally is un-acceptable. So we hit cancel and leave the garbage on the floor for the rest of the system to stumble over. That, to borrow a phrase, is a hell of a way to run a train. -- 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) No one gets sick on Wednesdays. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
