Bug 151805 - dependency checking broken
Summary: dependency checking broken
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
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Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 4
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: E-mail List
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2006-02-17 13:58 UTC by Rasmus Plewe
Modified: 2006-02-17 16:06 UTC (History)
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Description Rasmus Plewe 2006-02-17 13:58:00 UTC 
During installation, I selected a couple of additional selections ("All of KDE", "Experienced User"...). When clicking "ok", the system went into "checking dependencies" and than back to the Installation Settings screen.

Tradition shows that, when selecting additional selections, you are presented with a long list of packages that will get installed additionally, or even conflicts. This leads to three possibilities:

1. The selections are complete and conflict-free.
2. Those conflicts are handled silently.
3. The dependency checking is broken.

Of these, 1. is very, very unlikely, 2. would be very bad, which leaves 3.
Comment 1 Klaus Kämpf 2006-02-17 15:18:42 UTC 
You did read the big, fat warning when entering the dialog ?! ;-)
Comment 2 Klaus Kämpf 2006-02-17 15:19:27 UTC 
But logs might be a bit helpful to decide between 1, 2, and 3 ...
Comment 3 Rasmus Plewe 2006-02-17 15:24:20 UTC 
No, for the warning to be read it would have to have been red also. ;-)
And the warning said "conflict resolution should work". 

You will get the logs as soon as I've got access to the machine again - it's currently installing NLD.
Comment 4 Michael Gross 2006-02-17 15:58:15 UTC 
Rasmus: The installer in beta4 is really in a very early stage... these issues are known.

From an official mail:

o Only adding of selections works. If you want to remove a
    selection, remove all packages in that selection and run the
    resolver manually with the "Check" button.

We are working on this in the normal development process, so I close this bug now, there will probably be countless bugs of that sort ;)
Comment 5 Rasmus Plewe 2006-02-17 16:06:06 UTC 
Just for clarification: What you're quoting is *exactly* what I did: I added selsctions.

But, of course, you're absolutely right: there will be countless bugs of this sort coming in, I'm sure. ;-)