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shankshank
06-19-2003, 09:13 AM
What a crap piece of software. I'm so pissed. The damn thing always says update links are broken. Every single damn time. I downloaded 500 mb in updates manually, stored it locally and added it to the sources. Finally when I got into the updater, it tried to DOWNLOAD it rather then using what is on the local store! On top of that, now my local dir isn't getting CHECKED as an option for updte.
mdwatts
06-19-2003, 10:11 AM
Since this seems to be a complaint and not a actual question, away it goes to 'dev/random'.
shankshank
06-19-2003, 10:20 AM
I figured someone woudl reply with a solution
buttercrunch
06-19-2003, 10:26 AM
well you could say what version of mdk you have... coz may be im wrong but version 8.2 indeed kinda sux... never able to update properly.
version 9.1 hmm... i always get a message saying that either my mdk version is not supported bla bla... hmm i figure that means my mdk is up-to-date... forgive my ignorance. :p
HelplessNewbie
06-19-2003, 01:22 PM
You should really use suse. It's package managment is the greatest i've seen so far!
craiggiles
06-19-2003, 03:49 PM
Mandrake is great so stop whining!
JohnT
06-19-2003, 04:13 PM
Why do you need to update?
shankshank
06-24-2003, 10:27 AM
update security bugs...........
ashibaka
06-24-2003, 11:16 AM
I think the problem with Mandrake-specific questions is that everyone who is knowledgable enough to answer them has moved on to a better distro... ;)
JohnT
06-24-2003, 11:16 AM
Originally posted by shankshank
update security bugs...........

Not all bugs are necessarily pertinet to your particular install. Check the list and see which ones are. Then download the one or two you might need manually, if you need any at all. Sometimes a person can get overzealous downloading updates just as the ones that "need" the latest kernal. Downloading for compatibility is another issue though.
shankshank
06-24-2003, 11:19 AM
Originally posted by JohnT
Not all bugs are necessarily pertinet to your particular install. Check the list and see which ones are. Then download the one or two you might need manually, if you need any at all. Sometimes a person can get overzealous downloading updates just as the ones that "need" the latest kernal. Downloading for compatibility is another issue though.

I just downloaded all the RPMS, and manually updated them

rpm -Fvh *.rpm

that won't hurt anyhting now can it?