Re: Some thoughts on SuSE package management
From: Michael Pokraka (junkmail_at_quirky.me.uk)
Date: 04/14/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:04:25 +0100
Arun Dev wrote:
> 1. I have installed SuSE 9.0 and later changed the "Installation
> source" to the local sunsite mirror.
> Wenn I fetch the kernel it carries a version 2.4.21-144 but
> my running version gives 2.4.21-199-default. What does that
> mean? If I compile my own kernel am I going _back_?
Yes, as your local sunsite mirror is the original 9.0 distribution, which
shipped with 2.4.21-144. It's fixed that way.
> I believe SuSE hat changed the kernel source quite a lot,
> otherwise where does "make cloneconfig" come from?
> (I like the idea though).
Yes, there are a few tweaks, but I'm not the best person to answer that.
Agreed, cloneconfig id nifty :)
>
> 2. Now wenn I update packages it goes to a Server in Germany so
> I believe the packages in the local sunsite server are frozen
> at the release of 9.0. Update simply means uninstall the
> original and install the latest from the German server.
> Am I right?
Partly - see answer to 1. Yast is a bit like urpmi. The update (and there's
a list of servers) will basically do a rpm -U (I think).
>
> 3. How does YaST handle installation of external rpm's? Say
> if I do rpm -i somepackage.rpm and it all goes well, does
> YaST know about it?
>
Yep, yast uses rpm in some fashion or other. In fact you should use yast
instead of RPM. From 'man yast':
-i, --install <package>
Install an RPM package. The package can be a single short
package name (e.g. gvim)
which will be installed with dependency checking, or the full
path to an rpm package
(e.g /tmp/gvim.rpm) which will be installed without dependency
checking.
Suggestion if you have the space - I copied the DVD onto my HD and just
install locally. The KDE desktop has a 'Suse update checker' running by
default which will tell you when anything is available. I do suggest
running update after any major package installations.
Cheers
Mike
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