"How do you know when you should replace something or not"?

binskipy2u · 2010-04-01 19:31:08

ive read the wiki to get arch installed.. i can do it with my eyes closed (for kde anyway)
but every once in a while.. it says "replace this with that..." sometimes the names are slightly different, or very different..
is there a rule of thumb? or some common sense approach to this.. dont want to make my system unstable or suddenly find something not working like it should..

any help / direction would be most appreciated..
thanks

and by the way.. i do not have any unauthorized, unsupported repos (like my previous thread) problems with 32bit wine and all its glorious dependencies to make some windows programs work on 64bit arch) since the last problem i had i just reinstalled arch, got rid of bout 300 packages I didnt use anyway (did a more detailed, specific kde install, realising what I didnt need or use) so I don't think i'll have the previous problems... in upgrading or waiting for 32bit "stuff" to catch up anymore..

again, refer to my question above, just wanted to state what I have done since my last problem... and that I've learned my lesson from that anyway

Last edited by binskipy2u (2010-04-01 19:34:28)

evr · 2010-04-01 19:40:01

are you referring to when pacman says "packageX replaces packageY"? Generally, if you don't know why the package is being replaced, checking the arch homepage for a news item about the change should explain why it is happening. And that being said, i don't recall ever really having a problems with my system after these changes happen.

binskipy2u · 2010-04-01 19:49:56

its more like "would you like to replace package x with /blah/package xy (y/n)"

loafer · 2010-04-01 20:00:41

I would say it's highly unlikely the devs would do that without a very good reason. You could always look at the PKGBUILD too.

Nerd King · 2010-04-02 02:49:08

The recent change with udisk etc you mean? It's just a recent upstream name-change, designed to break compatibility and annoy us mere mortals. Panic not mortal, for pressing y will get you through it. If you keep an eye on upstream development you'll generally know what's what.

binskipy2u · 2010-04-02 02:58:14

kewl thanks

lasu1 · 2010-04-02 12:53:05

Ha...thank you for asking this question, OP. As we speak, I am staring at 818.22 MB of updates that showed up this morning (last night, I was up-to-date!). Pacman kicks off with "Replace devicekit-disks with extra/udisks?"

Thanks for notes, Nerd King. That makes me feel better. I still am going to wait until I get home to update, and keep an eye on the forums/news feed, I guess I'm a little on the conservative side, haha.

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#1 2010-04-01 19:31:08

"How do you know when you should replace something or not"?

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