Upgrade packages from one channel on command-line

[Pascal Bleser]

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Schlodty wrote:
> Monkey 9 wrote:
>> Pascal Bleser schreef:
>>> Monkey 9 wrote:
>>>> Pascal Bleser schreef:
>>>>> linux_learner wrote:
>>>>>> On 9/12/06, Schlodty <schlodty at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is it possible to upgrade only the packages from one channel (e.g.
>>>>>>> suse-update) from the command-line? How is the command? Thank you
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure. smart upgrade --update <name of channel>
>>>>>>
>>>>> That's a totally different thing, it just updates the repository
>>>>> metadata for that channel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately there's no way to do that with smart, although it would be
>>>>> a very useful feature.
>>>>
>>>> Workaround would be disable the channels you do not want to use..
>>>
>>> Not quite. The problem is, upgrading a package may require upgrades or
>>> additional packages from other channels.
>>>
>>> It must really be implemented specifically as a feature in the
>>> UpgradePolicy (AFAICT): smart needs to have all the channels, but only
>>> elect upgrades from the one or more channels you selected for
>>> considering upgrades.
>>>
>>> e.g. if I say (let me pick a SUSE example ;))
>>>   smart upgrade --only-from=guru
>>> and in the "guru" repository there's a newer amarok package that
>>> requires a newer libxine1 package from the "packman" repository, then I
>>> want it to be upgraded as well.
>>> If you just disable all the other channels, the amarok upgrade will fail
>>> because no channel provides the needed libxine1 version.
>>
>> You are absolutely right, personaly, I do not see the use of cutting
>> off channels...
>
> The use is: Never change a running system :-) I want the SUSE
> security updates (which are in one channel), but for other programs
> and channels I only upgrade manually to a newer version if I need the
> new features.

Right, that's exactly why it would be a very useful option.

Just run
  smart -o only-from=online-updates upgrade --update
unconditionally.

Another example is to upgrade to the latest KDE packages available on
the openSUSE Build Service:
  smart -o only-from=suse-kde upgrade --update

NB: guys, please don't top post, I'm sick of fixing the layout - thanks

cheers
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