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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Package updates with YAST on SUSE 9.3
From:       Darryl Gregorash <raven () accesscomm ! ca>
Date:       2006-07-14 21:03:41
Message-ID: 44B806AD.5010704 () accesscomm ! ca
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On 14/07/06 14:28, Richard Pace wrote:
>On Friday 14 July 2006 11:53, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
>  
>>On 14/07/06 08:05, Richard Pace wrote:
>>    
>>>Hi:
>>>Last time I updated KDE, I used ftp.oregonstate.edu as my "source of
>>>Installation" for YaST.  This was last May.  Now it seems everything has
>>>moved to "opensuse"?  Anywasy, I cannot find any URLs at the opensuse site
>>>for 9.3 for YaST.  I found the KDE RPMs for 3.5.3 at opensuse in the link
>>>below.  But I think YaST needs s directory with  "directory.yast" in it,
>>>or something like that for the installation source URL.
>>>
>>>http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/repositories/KDE:/
>>>
>>>I read the doc at http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/User
>>>and looked for YaST directories here:
>>>http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/
>>>
>>>So I'm lost now.  Can someone point me in the right direction?  I did look
>>>in the list archives for some clues but didn't find any.  Maybe I didn't
>>>search correctly.  Anyone updated 9.3 lately?
>>>      
>>What exactly is it you wish to update? All the installation sources up
>>to 9.3 are still on the old mirrors, which you can find listed at
>>http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/downloads/ftp/int_mirrors.html.
>>All the security updates for all versions are also still on those mirrors.
>>
>>The only things that have moved are the "supplementary" packages, and
>>those are the only ones for which the problem you mention exists.
>>However, you only need these if you have some compelling reason to
>>change, for example, from the KDE version 3.4 that is in SuSe 9.3.
>>    
>Yes, you've hit the proverbial nail on the head.  I like to keep KDE current. 
>I'm now running 3.5.2 and 3.5.3 is available. So the supplementary packages 
>are what I'm wanting.  I'll work it out.  Thanks.
>  
Perhaps the nice people at SuSE will backport all the new 10.x Yast
features to 9.3, and put the resulting update in the usual (old) place :-)

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