On Monday, July 16, 2007 2:33 am Claude Jones wrote:
On Mon July 16 2007, Kelly wrote:
Personally, I use the main repository (Fedora), Livna, FreshRPMs (note that I use Smart, and have FreshRPMs set to a lower compatibility rating to avoid potential conflicts), PlanetCCRMA, KDE-Redhat (obviously only of use to KDE users
I'm interested, Kelly. I too use Smart, and freshrpms and livna - but, having been burned on a couple of occasions by the livna/freshrpms conflicts, I just keep Livna turned off except on rare occasions. Would you mind sharing your priority settings? Are you doing to indididual packages or just to the entire channel? Have you successfully avoided all conflicts with this technique?
-- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
I left Livna on 0 and set FreshRPMs to -2. That means you can use "Upgrade All Packages" without having to worry about a conflict. Other than that, I just eyeball the packages and watch to see if any of the FreshRPMs packages cause changes to the Livna packages. I also set the main PlanetCCRMA repo to -2, but I haven't had any noticeable problems with that one.
Unfortunately, there's no consistent way to avoid conflicts... well, unless you only use the main repository. I find I can avoid conflicts easier with Smart, though.