rpm problem, now mplayer/gpm is busted :-(

[Kevin Kofler]

Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> You would prefer that the installer remove all packages not on the
> installation media on upgrading? If it did that then you would lose
> the ability to simply upgrade all applications from 3rd parties after
> install.
> 
> Because the installer ignores these problems, as soon as you have your
> repositories reconfigured again for Fedora 10, all you have to do is
> run an update to fix things.
> 
> If the installer removed all broken applications, you'd have to
> install all of them by hand again manually after your repositories
> were reconfigured again.  If you want to do that you might as well
> just do a fresh install instead of an upgrade.

+1. This is a feature, not a bug.

        Kevin Kofler