[Mageia-dev] bug 2317 revisited: --update option should behave like --search-media

Thu Jun 21 13:30:10 CEST 2012

> 21.06.2012 13:35, AL13N kirjutas:
+>> B. fetch dependencies only from enabled repositories
+>> Problems:
+>>  - if backports are enabled, dependencies could come from backports
+>> instead of release.
+>>
+>> Solutions for this:
+>>  - this can be prevented in various ways: even as simple as the backport
+>> packager to bump an update with stricter requires so that the backport
+>> wouldn't be fetched (_IF_ it indeed would be incompatible) AND the
+>> update
+>> could have stricter requires for that new dependency.
+> I still can't see how are you going to solve this case:
+> I have backports enabled. There are packages that are newer than the one
+> in release. I
+> haven't installed them. Now new update requires such package that is both
+> in release and in
+> backports. Update will pull package from enabled backports as they are
+> newer - i didn't want
+> that. And you can't just submit new backport that blocks it. Older
+> backports are still
+> there. So you can install those if new backport doesn't work for you (the
+> same we have for
+> updates at the moment).
+
+IF the update cannot work with the backported new dependency, it should be
+strict required in the update. in that case, the one from release will be
+used.
+
+if the update does work with the backport, then i don't see why you
+wouldn't want that, since you enabled backports.
+==> this sounds like cherry-picking backports.
+
+in other words, you're advanced enough to find out what you want, because
+i don't think we can support all forms of cherry-picking backports.
+