Up2date showing non-installed software

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

tir, 19.04.2005 kl. 07.03 skrev duralisis:
> Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> 
> >On 4/18/05, duralisis <duralisis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Is there a way to configure or otherwise modify up2date to show only
> >>updates for packages I have installed currently?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >Can you explain to me what your doing to get up2date to show things
> >that you don't have installed already?  When i run the graphical
> >up2date all i see are updates for things I have installed. And from
> >the commandline up2date --update   seems to only attempt to update
> >packages.
> >
> >rpm -q up2date
> >up2date-4.4.14-2
> >
> >-jef
> >
> >  
> >
> I'm using the graphical one.  For example, right now it's showing 
> "Version Installed" for things I know I don't have or specifically 
> de-selected during install.  Such as mozilla, pam, 4suite, sqlite, a 
> bunch of libs I've never even heard of, jpackage, java, evolution 
> related ones, emacs (specifically not installed), cyrus, and a LOT of 
> devel packages for stuff I've only got the binaries installed for or 
> don't want.
> 
> I don't think this is just FC4 related; as far as I can remember it's 
> always done this, but I just lately have become very annoyed by it. 

If some unchecked packages are needed by something you did check in
Anconda, and those checked depends on some of the unchecked, those will
be installed as part of the transaction.

And there is a ton of more updates on a fcX-test Y (rawhide snapshot)
system than a normal system.