Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:51:45 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Jeff Molofee <nehe@telus.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is "software update" in a working state yet? Message-ID: <448w52l5su.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4C4912B6.4040304@telus.net> (Jeff Molofee's message of "Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:55:34 -0600") References: <20100721055517.B6C321065752@hub.freebsd.org> <4C47D479.30901@telus.net> <44d3ufl3rd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4C4912B6.4040304@telus.net>
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Don't top-post, please. Jeff Molofee <nehe@telus.net> writes: > packagekit... moreso gnome-packagekit I see. I don't know much about it, but I see that there's a "pkmon" tool for debugging it. > On 7/22/2010 1:23 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Jeff Molofee<nehe@telus.net> writes: >> >>> I've noticed software update pop up on the screen quite a bit lately. >>> Initially it popped up and did nothing. Now in 8.1-RC2 it pops up and >>> shows me that I actually have updates. When I click update, it seems >>> like it's actually attempting to upgrade the listed packages, but the >>> entire process always ends with "command 'update-packages' is not >>> known". >>> >>> Do I have something misconfigured or is it still incomplete? >> Pardon my naivete, but: >> >> What is "software update"? >> It sounds like a GUI-ish thing; >> Is it a part of some desktop manager? >> Do you know what it uses as a backend?
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