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<H1>[Mageia-dev] bug 2317 revisited: --update option should behave like --search-media</H1>
<B>AL13N</B>
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<I>Fri Jun 22 18:00:39 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>Op vrijdag 22 juni 2012 14:46:17 schreef Sander Lepik:
><i> 22.06.2012 13:53, AL13N kirjutas
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</I>><i> > I do agree with you here, except that i'm trying to prevent this from
</I>><i> > happening, because it's not something that can be easily fixed.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > 1. package A is backported into X
</I>><i> > 1b. package A-foo is backported into X-foo (subpackage)
</I>><i> > 2. package B is updated into Y at a later date
</I>><i> > 3. package update Y has a new dependency A-foo
</I>><i> > 4. person has X installed; but didn't install X-foo.
</I>><i> > 5. person updates B into Y
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > result is that Y pulls in as new dependency A-foo
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > but X conflicts with A-foo
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > so the update does not happen, and you get an ugly error.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Yes, that's what happens when you use backports. But this case can be
</I>><i> solved. Person having this problem will install X-foo from backports and
</I>><i> case is probably closed (yes! this is what you have to do if you are using
</I>><i> backports). If not then s/he is still on his/her own as we are dealing with
</I>><i> backports. It's not something you can make bulletproof (and we really
</I>><i> shouldn't waste too much time on it).
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which is exactly my point, this is not being "supported" at all...
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