[ale] Problem with SuSE-10.1 update

[Greg Freemyer]

If you have to use 10.1 for some reason get the updated CD/DVD isos
that you can download.  They have a much better ZMD implementation.

Greg

On 12/18/06, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> 10.1 was a royal f-up in my opnion. The biggest problem was the use of
> zmd as the installation system backend. I just learned yesterday that
> 10.2 was released on the seventh. One of the biggest changes is a move
> away from zmd, which was introduced in 10.1 --
> http://en.opensuse.org/Product_Highlights . I recommend resintalling
> with 10.2 before you get too far along using 10.1.
>
> On 12/18/06, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > ALErs -
> >
> > I just installed a fresh setup of SuSE-10.1 and attempted to update the
> > installation. The update hangs on a conflict that names the same entity
> > twice:
> >  "establishing script: libzypp-patchpzmdrestart.sh-2-1533-1.noarch"
> >
> > I've tried 'unchecking' all updates associated with 'libypp' and with
> > 'zmd'. I also deleted a set of *xml files in
> > "/var/lib/zypp/cache/Source.QZMT7r/repodata", the only ones I could
> >  'find /' with appropriate sounding names.
> >
> > I still hang up at the same point on the SuSE update. How can I get past
> > this conflict?
> >
> > TIA.
> >  - Mills
> >
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>
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>
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century