[Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

Mon Jun 25 08:47:38 CEST 2012

Jeff Robins a écrit :
+> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 3:36 PM, andre999<andre999mga at laposte.net>  wrote:
+>    
+>> Note also that with upgrade install, even firmware that is missing from the
+>> release (and not only the DVD) remains installed.  So there are cases where
+>> an upgrade install necessarily produces a better functioning system.
+>>
+>> André
+>>
+>>      
+> Andre,
+>
+> Can you confirm that the nonfree firmware wasn't removed during a DVD
+> upgrade?  Upgrading
+> using mgaapplet DID seem to remove the firmware from my install.  I
+> had major issues with AMD
+> graphics, discussed elsewhere.
+>
+> --Jeff
+>    
+
+Yes, absolutely sure, using rpmdrake for updates after rebooting.  At 
+least with the upgrades with mdk/mdv, and from mdv2010.1/2 to mga1.  I 
+haven't yet upgraded to mga2, but I expect it to be the same.
+I've noticed some issues being discussed about AMD graphics, which I 
+suspect aren't related to upgrading, per se.
+I have ATI graphics myself and haven't had problems, but with the newer 
+ATI-becoming-AMD graphics, I expect that some things have changed.  
+Maybe a firmware replacement was installed, but didn't work ?
+In any case, I've never encountered a package that was removed in 
+upgrade (or update) without being replaced by another.  Sometimes that 
+causes problems, as when installing LibreOffice removes OpenOffice, 
+because the LibreOffice packages inappropriately specified obsoleting 
+OpenOffice, when there was no real conflict.
+
+Note that I used rpmdrake for updates, and not mgaapplet.  That way I 
+can easily confirm exactly what is proposed for update, and exactly what 
+is installed.  Often when there are a lot of updates proposed (as is 
+frequently the case with release upgrades), I do updates in several steps.
+Also, I avoid updating minor versions or revisions/subreleases of 
+documentation, especially near the end of a release cycle, since there 
+are probably no changes (other than the versioning).
+As well, sometimes I decide I don't need the package being proposed for 
+update, and uninstall it.
+
+Since mgaapplet has problems due to not functioning the same as other 
+update tools, that could be the cause of your difficulties.
+
+Hope your problems were resolved.
+
+Regards :)
+
+-- 
+André
+
+