Re: smart package mgr question?

[Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net>]

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, USA

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