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

[Sander Lepik]

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).

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Sander