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   Carlos E.R. to Paul R Schmidtbleicher   
   Re: Clarity on Upgrading Choices   
   10 Sep 22 14:46:21   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-09-10 02:11, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   > On 6 Sep 2022 15:47:50 GMT, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   >   
   >> This is for Tumbleweed:   
   >>      Just upgraded. At the end of downloading when checking for file   
   >> conflicts there were 4 google-font files that conflicted and stopped the   
   >> process.   
   >>      The choice was "continue [yes/no] (no)"  My question: With a second   
   >> "(no)" in the choice are they suggesting "no?"   
   >>       I took it that "no" was suggested, entered "no" and the whole 3000+   
   >> file upgrade aborted.   
   >>       I immediately did "zypper dup" again and the downloaded files had   
   >> been cached (Yeh!).  Same conflict came up. This time I answered "yes"   
   >> to complete the upgrade.   
   >> Question Again: What is the point of "[yes/no] (no)" - the second "no?"   
   >>   
   >> Also when there are problems and 4 possible solutions are given, IS   
   >> THERE A PRIORITY (1)Best (2)Good excetra . . .   
   >>   
   >> Thanks in advance,   
   >>     Paul   
   >   
   >   
   > Thanks for your answers and possible help on question 2.   
   >   
   > An additional question to [Yes/No] (no) being the default. On the   
   > specifics "Yes" would replace the four Google fonts with (I suppose newer   
   > ones) "No" would not, but also abort the upgrade installation (as I   
   > witnessed).   
   > QUESTION: what if I did not want those files replaced, but wanted the rest   
   > of the upgrade installation to continue? How to?   
      
   You can not.   
      
   You have to modify the command line, if possible, so that it doesn't   
   want to install that package, and then try again.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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