Yast: why, oh, why?

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#1

Why, oh, why does Yast have to run Autorefresh every time I try to install a new package and make me wait so long before it’s done?

Why, oh, why does Yast have to do that even if it has run Autorefresh today already?

Why, oh, why does Yast have to do that every freaking day? What are the chances I will miss some critically important package if I don’t run Autorefresh one day?

Why, oh, why does Yast have to run Autorefresh even if it already did a couple of hours ago?

Why, oh, why does Yast have to run Autorefresh even if it already did FIVE MINUTES ago?

Why, oh, why does Yast have to run Autorefresh even if it already did ONE FREAKING MINUTE ago?

Why, oh, why does Yast have to mock me with a confirmation to skip Autorefresh if I already pushed a button that specifically reads “SKIP AUTOREFRESH”?

Why, oh, why does Yast not let me just simply browse what’s available and select/earmark a few packages with a second instance of Yast while the first one is installing something that is large and takes a while?

Why, oh, why does Yast have to be so astonishingly DUMB?

What, oh, what the hell is wrong with Yast and the twisted mind that devised this devilish instrument of torture?

Why, oh, why does Yast go to such lengths to make me look like an idiot before my friends and feel absolutely miserable for choosing Linux as an OS?

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#2

Why, oh, why don’t you shut off the auto refresh, it’s so easy.

#3

As already mentioned, the auto-refresh feature can easily be turned on via Yast > Software Repositories. Even if it’s turned off it will still run once a day (or once per reboot).

#4

On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:06:01 +0000, lucmove wrote:

> Why, oh, why does Yast have to run Autorefresh every time I try to
> install a new package and make me wait so long before it’s done?

Actually, the one that puzzles me is that it runs after changing network
settings - and tries to run before the network is back up, causing a
failure.

Whoops!

Jim

#5
  • Jim Henderson wrote, On 12/24/2008 08:43 PM:
    > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:06:01 +0000, lucmove wrote:
    >
    >> Why, oh, why does Yast have to run Autorefresh every time I try to
    >> install a new package and make me wait so long before it’s done?
    >
    > Actually, the one that puzzles me is that it runs after changing network
    > settings - and tries to run before the network is back up, causing a
    > failure.

So I’m not the only one <G>

Uwe