From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2018-03-17 17:43, bad sector wrote:   
   > On 17/03/2018 11:59, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2018-03-17 15:33, bad sector wrote:   
   >>> On 17/03/2018 08:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 2018-03-16 22:49, Sidney_Kotic wrote:   
   >>>>> Are there any advantages, or disadvantages, to each?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I do quite a bit of lightweight multimedia stuff and zypper seems to   
   >>>>> grab a lot more updates to the software that I use for that.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Both use the same set of libraries to do the actual job. The difference   
   >>>> is how they present it to you. So just choose the one with which you   
   >>>> are   
   >>>> more comfortable, the one that helps you better to get the work done   
   >>>> better or easier.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> For instance, the equivalent to "zypper up" is to display in yast the   
   >>>> view by repository, and on each repository right click and then all in   
   >>>> this list, update if newer. Which is many clicks, but you see what   
   >>>> it is   
   >>>> going to do and adjust if wanted.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is what I do, but I would like not to have to click the radio   
   >>> button "do not install" all the time. I'd like a global switch at the   
   >>> outset: "in casde of conflict or dependancy issues neither alert me nor   
   >>> insatall the package in question".   
   >>   
   >> Well, zypper can be used that way, but in YaST you have to click your   
   >> way. I prefer to read what the conflict is and decide on each case.   
   >   
   > That would remain an option unless you clicked a default no-install :-)   
   >   
   >   
   >> Sometimes it is neither install nor not install, but do something else   
   >> first.   
   >   
   > see above   
   >   
   > Yast used to have another one too, one that said 'ignore all   
   > dependancy', it's been removed.   
      
   I don't remember that one. I doubt it existed.   
      
   What there is, is "ignore recommends", which is a different thing.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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