From: paulrs@foxinternet.net   
      
   On Thu, 26 May 2022 23:23:10 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
      
   > On 2022-05-23 21:28, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   >> Here are three questions:   
   >>      Usually in my upgrades of Tumbleweed, I may have one conflict   
   >>      which I   
   >> have been selecting, Keep what I have" though obsolete. With the   
   >> current notification of updates there are 3-5 apparent conflicts -   
   >> usually because "something cannot be provided" that an upgrade needs.   
   >   
   > Are you, per chance, not using "zypper dup"?   
   >   
   > _Not_ using dup, and using "up" instead (or equivalent), causes problems   
   > like you describe.   
      
   Always using "zypper dup" at the earlier advice of yourself and the other   
   very knowledgeable gentleman who answered me on an earlier post.   
      
   Since I posted and was receiving no response, I decided I had asked 3   
   "stupid" questions or questions that had no real answers.   
      
   Next step, since I could always cancel a "zypper dup" as a final cancel, I   
   began to try each option offered for every problem (statistically several   
   tries).  Some resulted in 2-3 more problems; one in 5 new problems.  I   
   finally returned to the very first problem that was encountered to which I   
   always had responded, "Keep the obsolete old package" - It had worked on   
   3-4 earlier upgrades.  This time I took the option, "uninstall the   
   package."   
   Everything jumped to a resolved screen and a go-ahead for a 3000+ package   
   upgrade (this past week). I decided to proceed with a final "yes."   
      
   Now, unfortunately, I did not write down that package.  I only know that   
   the problem was some "perl" package could not be supplied.   
      
   Furthermore, not knowing the result of uninstalling something, I didn't   
   know if I was "breaking" something else (still not sure).  So far, all the   
   programs I have been using in Tumbleweed are still working.  Next time, I   
   will search on what I am uninstalling, and see if I can figure out what it   
   does (or used to do).   
      
   I write this extended reply for any others who are at my early "level" of   
   linux expertise for possible benefit.  I read all the posts, if for no   
   other reason than my linux education.   
     Thanks,   
        Paul   
      
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