On 19 April 2007 23:40, Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
> Morgan Gangwere wrote:
>> On 4/18/07, Aaron W. LaFramboise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
>
>>> Bug 1) Packages are silently not downloaded, when the user assumes that
>>> they are.
>>
>> it LOOKS like they are silently not downloaded. you have to hit
>> package dependancies in the package, or the mirror is broken.
>
> Then I am fundamentally misunderstanding something, because I can't
> understand the program in a way that I realize packages are not being
> installed--with respect to my point of view, at random. But even if
> packages are silently not being selected, possibly due to my
> incompetence, if these are critical packages, I'd still appreciate some
> sort of error.
Dependencies should always be selected, or the 'missing dependency' dialog
should appear.
> However, it can only verify the package I've downloaded isn't broken
> (and only then assuming the md5.sum hasn't been tampered with). It
> cannot tell me that I somehow didn't get a package.
Have you checked if any postinstall scripts have failed?
cheers,
DaveK
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