Re: [SLUG] simple suse question

From: William Coulter (wrcoulter30@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jul 03 2005 - 09:02:22 EDT


--- Richard Smoot <rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> William Coulter wrote:
>
> >Today I installed SUSE 9.3 and it went smoothly. After the install, I did an update through
> YAST.
> > I thought that it would do the same thing as YUM or up2date but I didn't get the same results.
>
> >Let me explain. For example: I ran YUM with fc3. Firefox 1.0.1 was installed and when I did
> an
> >up2date it installed version 1.0.4. This was great. Now on the other hand, firefox 1.0.1 is
> >installed but when I ran YAST, version 1.0.1 was still installed.
> >
> >What I want to know is, why didn't it upgrade firefox to 1.0.4 and how do I do this?
> >
> >I have not used SUSE before so I am shooting in the dark here. So, please help.
> >
> >William
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> The problem is that Novell Suse is being overly cautious or lazy
> on updating their packages.
> Distros don't just put out updates as they come from the developers.
> They have to check compatibility and update dependencies.
> The trouble is that anything less than firefox 1.0.4 is insecure.
> Even XANDROS 2.0 has provided the 1.0.4 version.
> I have tried to update various packages as DEBS or RPMS from
> the originators rather than the distro and had some of them work
> OK and others not all.
>
> Richard Smoot

Great, not what I wanted to hear. Then what is the point of have a great updateing system if it
doesn't update. I am going to try a few other options. Thanks.

William

Also, it is good to hear from you.

                
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