From: Marcus Meissner (meissner_at_suse.de)
Date: Mon May 08 2006 - 16:49:46 CEST
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 16:49:46 +0200 From: Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.de> Message-ID: <20060508144945.GA30001@suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] guidlelines for YOU use?
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 09:47:45AM -0500, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> Are there any general guidelines you follow when it comes to YOU updates?
>
> Do you install everything that is listed as "recommended"?
>
> It seems that packages for "not present" hardware gets included in the
> list ... would it hurt anything if this kind of thing were selected
> accidentally?
>
> If a package was not installed originally, will YOU still list it as
> "recommended" for the box, and if it is chosen, will it then
> un-"helpfully" install the package?
It will list the patch, but not mark it for installation.
In general the "default" selected updates are the ones we recommend
to install.
> What about non-yast installed packages? If APACHE2 is installed from
> source, in a non-yast-standard location, will doing an YOU update
> touch or mess with this install in anyway? (and yes, I know we would
> need to update these packages manually ...)
This might be the case, depending on the package name.
Ciao, Marcus
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