When using software and the codecs from the packman repo, what are the best practices associated with the updating and maintaince of these packages and the system in general. Do I have to wait for sometime before updating using dup or can I use the packman modules of mesa with updated versions of the mesa modules provided officially¿? Are their dependcy issues for software sourced from packman.
Sorry for not answering earlier, I think there was a problem with Beehaw.
Anyway, yes, I also use Packman and I do not have the
--allow-vendor-changeflag enabled because it caused more problems for me the last time i had TW installed. I prefer to wait until the repos are synced and then update. :)How did you switch mesa version without using the
--allow-vendor-changeflag. Did you manually uninstall the mesa packages shipped by opensuse and then switch them with mesa packages from packman? Vendor change is the only method recommended everywhere and no other methods are discussed so I am curious as to how you manage without it. Also how do track that the repos are synced. I have to manually check the packman website to see if the packages have been updated to version that opensuse is shipping. Do you do the same?Also sorry for the late reply
From what I remember, I only used
opi codecsand that’s it. What I meant with the vendor change, was that I never run it nor allow it.When you run
zypper dup, it throws you some errors telling you that the versions are different or aren’t in the official repo, which means that you should wait until there are no errors. Unless there was an official vendor change and you have no other alternative (and it’s not really common) then you have to install those specific packages from the official repo.Did you add the packman repo to the repository list before running
opi codecs¿?Edit : Never mind that was a stupid question