Updates
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Mon Jan 14 15:44:14 UTC 2008
Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 06:15 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>> Craig White wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 18:53 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> [root at localhost ~]# yum install vlc
>>>>>> Setting up Install Process
>>>>>> Parsing package install arguments
>>>>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> So you can compare the two and see if it helps you understand. I do not.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ----
>>> 1. why is it that the second run shows livna and only livna while the
>>> first run not only shows freshrpms but also fedora and updates?
>>>
>>> 2. at some point, you are going to have to decide which you want to use,
>>> livna or freshrpms because it takes extraordinary skills to manage to
>>> use both without killing yourself.
>>>
>>> 3. What is output of 'yum repolist'
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>> What I was doing was moving livna and freshrpm in and out of the /etc/yum.repo.d/ directory. And between moves I always did yum clean all. I didn't want to be getting files from each of them :-)
>>>
>> I am on F7 now so yum repolist will not be accurate. For sure that
>> is not the problem. The problem has to be something left on F8 after yum
>> remove pulseaudio* was finished. I do not know what yum does but expect
>> it is like rpm -qiv and it finds something left over from files that
>> have been removed and thinks the whole is on the computer. Then it
>> discovers the incomplete files do not do the job and errors out looking.
>>
> ----
> you have an uncanny ability to see only what you wish to see and ignore
> all evidence that disputes the reality of your situation.
>
> witness Ed's comment that concurs with my assessment...
>
>
>> Simply put, (feel free to respond with "I told you so") both repos
>> contain vlc, x264 and other packages. These repos are mutually
>> exclusive. Unless you are interested in inflicting pain on yourself
>> do
>> not, at any time, enable both. And never, ever....unless you know
>> what
>> you are doing use more than one of these on your installed system.
>> Pick
>> one...and stay with it.
>>
>
> by the way Ed...I told you so ;-)
>
> Therefore, Ed is concurring with my #2 point.
> Therefore, Karl is ignoring both points 1 and 3 and point #2 is a point
> that Karl wants to believe that he understands.
>
> Therefore, it is pointless to continue on
>
> Thanks for playing
>
> Craig
>
>
I agree with all three of your points. But you have to start with one.
Karl
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