Up2date: Xorg never resolves dependencies

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 24.11.2004 schrieb Jack Holden um 4:37:

> I have a pretty basic FC3 install, and I've updated everything through
> Up2date.  The RHN Applet shows that there are 13 updates available.
> When I launch Up2date, it finds 12 xorg updates and 1 sound-juicer
> update.  Here's the catch - the new versions are exactly the same as the
> old versions except for ".FC3.1" added to the end.  If I select any of
> these, then Up2date will spend forever trying to resolve dependencies.
> If I kill the dependency search dialog, it seems like every rpm on the
> repository is listed.  This has been going on for over a week.

First, I find it a good advise to do X updates in console mode only. So
sign off from your current session and then switch to console 1 by
pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1. Then login as root and switch off X by running
"init 3". You may need to press "enter" 1 time to get the prompt back.
You can process the update from command line by running "up2date -u".
Much safer to have X not running when updating it.

> Can anyone help me figure out what's going on?  Have I messed up my
> install?  Please let me know if any additional information would help.
> I don't really know what to include.  My /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date file
> is unmodified.

So I would highly recommend you customize the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources
file (I think you meant that) and place in there one or more mirror
server sources near to your location. Else a mirror would be chosen
randomly and that can be causing big lags for your update.

> - Jack Holden

Alexander


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