Re: Feature request: remove skip list before check for latest version

I will take a look into this. Can you send me the revelant line in your
/etc/grab/servers file?

Thanks,
Greg

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 01:34:56AM +0100, Staf Verhaegen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using samba from samba.org installed with grab.
> On the ftp site they put stable versions and alpha version in the same
> directory. Here is a list:
> ftp> dir
> 227 Entering Passive Mode (195,238,1,6,172,44).
> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
> -rw-r--r--   1 592      592      11830792 Nov 19 21:35 samba-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 592      592      11832412 Dec 11 09:32 samba-2.2.7a-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--   1 592      592      12351440 Nov 27 04:17 samba-3.0alpha21-1.i386.rpm
> 
> I don't want to install the alpha version. Therefor I've added
> 'samba.*alpha' to the skip list in the config file.
> Yesterday a new version of samba was released; 2.2.7a-1 replacing
> 2.2.7-1. But this version is not shown after a --sysupdate.
> When I do a --showall --noskip this version is listed:
> [root@pc300 root]# grab samba --noskip --showall --chooser
> -Comparing 4 of 4652 with Valgor
> -Obtaining current RPM list
> -Duplicate packages currently installed: 'SDL'!
> -Duplicate packages currently installed: 'freeswan-module'!
> -Duplicate packages currently installed: 'qt'!
> -Duplicate packages currently installed: 'libmng'!
> -Filtered Package Statistics:
>  0 Consolidated, 0 Diff Arch, 0 Current, 0 Skip List, 0 Other Status
> -Please select one (or more) of the following matched RPMS:
> 
>  Num S Package name       Version     Installed   Arch   Size   Server Desc
>  --- - ------------------ ----------- ----------- ------ ------ ---------------
>  1   O samba              2.2.1a-4    2.2.7-1     i386   1.6M   RH72@BELNET
>  2   S samba              2.2.7-1     2.2.7-1     i386   11.2M  SAMBA@EASYNET
>  3   U samba              2.2.7a-1    2.2.7-1     i386   11.2M  SAMBA@EASYNET
>  4   U samba              3.0alpha21- 2.2.7-1     i386   11.7M  SAMBA@EASYNET
> 
> -Choose number(s): ('?' for help): 3
> 
> And I could install samba in that way.
> What I think happens is that he first removes 2.2.7a because he thinks
> that 3.0alpha is newer and then removes this because it is in the skip
> list.
> What I would like is that he first removes the files from the skip list
> and then find the newest packages to be updated.
> (I only did find out by accident that this file was updated otherwise it
> would have gone unnoticed).
> 
> Staf.
> 
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