When I run:
sudo zypper update
I get the following:
*The following 6 package updates will NOT be installed:
libfreebl3 libsoftokn3 MozillaFirefox mozilla-kde4-integration mozilla-nss mozilla-nss-certs *
Anyone know why or what this means? Why would it tell me it’s not updating those lol
“zypper update” won’t do a vendor change.
Sometimes a package might exist in several repos with different vendors. If the “newest” version has a different vendor from the installed version, it won’t be updated to that “newest” version. I put “newest” in quotes, because zypper can only compare version numbers. So “newest” means “with highest version number”. But version numbers between different repos might not be strictly comparable.
Generally speaking, zypper is doing the right thing. You can override its choice by clicking the “version” tab in Yast, and selecting which version you want.
It means one of your repositories has newer versions than you have installed currently, but it won’t install them as they come from another provider.
For example my home repo has nginx that is newer than the distribution version, if you had my repo added and had nginx installed from the OSS repo, it would not automatically update it to mine to prevent vendor change.
Okay, so here’s my current repo list:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/673/gJB6rC.png
So it looks like the Mozilla browser has a newer version, maybe in the openSUSE BuildServices - Mozilla repo, than the main repo? I do know my current Firefox is at 33.0 whereas the newest version is at 33.1
At the bottom-right of the Yast Software management window there are tabs one is version it will tell what is available what is installed and from where
On 11/13/2014 12:06 PM, nrickert wrote:
>
> “zypper update” won’t do a vendor change.
>
> Sometimes a package might exist in several repos with different vendors.
> If the “newest” version has a different vendor from the installed
> version, it won’t be updated to that “newest” version. I put “newest”
> in quotes, because zypper can only compare version numbers. So “newest”
> means “with highest version number”. But version numbers between
> different repos might not be strictly comparable.
>
> Generally speaking, zypper is doing the right thing. You can override
> its choice by clicking the “version” tab in Yast, and selecting which
> version you want.
>
>
Or you can use zypper up <package name> to get more detailed info on why
it is not being updated.
Ken