openSUSE 10.3 OpenOffice 2.4 update

Just a hint in case anyone else gets bitten:

The upgrade to OpenOffice.org 2.4 offered by the suseupdater last night
on my openSUSE 10.3 machines could not be installed. It complained about
a conflict with OpenOffice_de 2.3, and when I allowed it to uninstall
that, went on to tell me the package not only conflicting, but required
at the same time, which effectively prevented installation of the patch.
(My impression, from memory. I tried to find the details again in the
YaST logs but failed.)

The solution was to run regular YaST Software Installation and update
the OpenOffice packages from there. The packages for which there is a
newer version available are helpfully shown in blue. Just klicked them
all, accepted, and the update went without any problem. Now the updater
icon is happily green again.

Hope that helps someone.

T.

PS: A big hello to Mr. or Ms. Automatic Reply. :-)

Tilman Schmidt wrote:

> Just a hint in case anyone else gets bitten:
>
> The upgrade to OpenOffice.org 2.4 offered by the suseupdater last night
> on my openSUSE 10.3 machines could not be installed. It complained about
> a conflict with OpenOffice_de 2.3, and when I allowed it to uninstall
> that, went on to tell me the package not only conflicting, but required
> at the same time, which effectively prevented installation of the patch.
> (My impression, from memory. I tried to find the details again in the
> YaST logs but failed.)
>
> The solution was to run regular YaST Software Installation and update
> the OpenOffice packages from there. The packages for which there is a
> newer version available are helpfully shown in blue. Just klicked them
> all, accepted, and the update went without any problem. Now the updater
> icon is happily green again.
>
> Hope that helps someone.
>
> T.
>
> PS: A big hello to Mr. or Ms. Automatic Reply. :-)

I didn't get a prompt from the updater but went straight to YAST Software
Management and selected "packages/all packages/update if newer version
available". No problem with installation - as you also found. Odd as to why
Suseupdater misbehaved.

Sorry for screwing a visit from Mr/s Automatic Reply.

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Graham P Davis wrote:
....
>> PS: A big hello to Mr. or Ms. Automatic Reply. :-)
>
> I didn't get a prompt from the updater but went straight to YAST Software
> Management and selected "packages/all packages/update if newer version
> available". No problem with installation - as you also found. Odd as to why
> Suseupdater misbehaved.
>
> Sorry for screwing a visit from Mr/s Automatic Reply.
>
I have seen similar behaviour from the mini-updater, so much so that I only use it as a
watch-dog (and even then it fails occasionally). When it tells me that I have a bazillion
updates available, I shut it down and use Yast.