[ale] SUSE software update not working

[James Sumners]

It's zmd. Zmd makes SUSE's package management completely useless.

http://lwn.net/Articles/231320/

On 5/2/07, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> I have an SUSE 10.2 installation. I use smart package manager for most of my
> updates. RIght now I have the orange ball in the tray with the exclamation
> mark. putting the mouse over it shows 1 software update. When I CLICK on it,
> it brings up the "Software Updater" window, that says "getting update
> list..."  and stalls there.
> smart update works, as does smart upgrade. I'm not sure what is wrong or what
> to look for..
> in YaST installation sources I have:
> ftp.ale.org /pub/suse/update/10.2
> download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss/
> download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/
>
> all on/on for refresh and active.
>
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> Paul Cartwright
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