On 2012-12-25 10:36, sgasgar wrote:
> 1. Every time I launch application from root, I need to enter root
> password. Google said I should use Seahorse for this issue, but I didn’t
> find how to disable entering root password.
I have not heard of that method. Seahorse can store different passwords
for use in gnome (it stores my pgp password), but I have never used it
to store root’s password for gnomesu nor do I know how. Can you post a link?
What I do to avoid entering root’s password every time is that I keep an
open terminal (xterm in my case) in which I did “su -” (not “su”). This
would be dangerous in an environment with several people around (at
work, f.i.), but it is not my case.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
On 2012-12-25 13:36, sgasgar wrote:
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> Why do I have this problem? What I did wrong?
>
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I consider “zypper dup something” a dangerous operation, I never do it.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
I will have to agree with you. If I am not mistaken it will ignore all the current (and probably correct) package vendors. This can lead to a broken system especially if you have a lot of repositories enabled. It should only be used when all of the repositories you target with it are compatible.
On 2012-12-25 13:56, nightwishfan wrote:
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> robin_listas;2513282 Wrote:
>> I consider “zypper dup something” a dangerous operation, I never do it.
> I will have to agree with you. If I am not mistaken it will ignore all
> the current (and probably correct) package vendors. This can lead to a
> broken system especially if you have a lot of repositories enabled. It
> should only be used when all of the repositories you target with it are
> compatible.
You can target a single repo on the command line, but even then, I don’t
trust it. I prefer to use the yast package manager and switch packages
one by one. It is tedious, but I feel safer.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
And is the repo 12 (server:messaging) necessary? Better don’t use 1-click-install. I am very careful with enabling repos. Some repos can cause conflicts with others (maybe later). I’ve added and enabled a local repo. If I need only one or few packages from some unknown repos I do not trust 100% I just copy them (and perhaps its dependencies) to my local repo and install them from there. It is imho safer and more controlled than enabling a not thrustworthy repo.
As a Gentoo user you know maybe the overlays. Some years ago I’ve used Gentoo and adding some overlays could be a pain in the ass. Not sure whether portage can handle it nowadays better. Adding some packages to a local overlay can be safer than a whole unknown overlay. Same with repos from software.opensuse.org. Some are good maintained, others not so good. Careful with repos named home:xxxxx. Everyone can add packages to obs.