Fedora Extras is extra

[Bernd Radinger]

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 08:23:09 -0600, Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 08:12 +0100, Bernd Radinger wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:41:10 -0600, Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 2.  It tried to remove libaasound.so.2 and libFLAC.so.4 plus one other I
> > > > > don't remember.  All of which were required for one or more packages
> > > > > already installed
> > > >
> > > > 'flac' and 'alsa-lib' are from FC, not Fedora.us.
> > > Exactly..  Packages from FC were being modified by an update from
> > > fedora.us
> >
> > No package at Fedora.us modifies flac or alsa-lib or causes it to be
> > removed. None of the packages ``updates'' FC. By definition,
> > Fedora.Extras are not permitted to update FC. Again, your theory is
> > void..., FUD as Dag Wieers put it. Fact the facts or prove otherwise.
> >  
> Dag did not call it FUD,  That was Michael.

GMail search only lists Dag. It is only his messages in which to find
the word ``FUD''. Latest quote from this thread: ``BTW if people
encounter problems with packages, they should report them. I'm sure
Axel's packages do not fail on fc3 and implying so without
verification is indeed FUD.'' Whether Axel or another repository, this
is exactly what applies to you.

> 
> > > >
> > > > > 3. process of elimination identified the problem repo.
> > > > > I removed repos, one at a time, and tried the update with each removal,
> > > > > then re-added thttp://www.wellsfargo.com/hat repo and removed the next.
> > > > > dag, newrpms, freshrpms, atrpms, then last fedora.us.
> > > >
> > > > That is a side-effect of repository-mixing. Some of the other
> > > > repositories do upgrade or modify 'alsa-lib' and 'flac', Fedora.us
> > > > doesn't.
> > >
> > > In my experience and the example above your statement is incorrect (at
> > > least in this case).  Removal of the fedora.us repo from my list was the
> > > only action that eliminated the dependency problem.
> >
> > You have not yet understood the problems and side-effects of mixing
> > incompatible repositories.  That is something you need to work on
> > before it makes sense to continue this discussion.
> > 
> I understand it exactly, and my experience provided a stark example of
> that.

No example, no session log, no bugzilla, just FUD.

-- 
Bernd ``who's getting bored of Jeff and who thinks installing
additional software on FC is still too hard if you are supposed to
search for software in unknown places'' R.