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 -- 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. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
