dexter11 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Bad X.org update for 2007 Spring (compiz conflict) An important advisory: an update issued yesterday for X.org - x11-server-1.2.0-9.1mdv2007.1 - unfortunately contains an error. It is incorrectly set to conflict with versions of Compiz older than 0.5.0, and since 2007 Spring contains Compiz 0.3.6, this means that trying to install the update will result in Compiz being removed, and trying to reinstall Compiz after the update is installed will result in the updated X.org package being removed. For now, please refrain from installing the update. We are aware of the problem and our security team is already working to release a fixed update. We apologize for the error. http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/Ma...pringBadXUpdate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Oops :o Hope there's not too many broken installs out there. Although, shouldn't be a too major one with compiz being removed. Just putting compiz back might make it worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Too late for me :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVDowning Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) Me too. :sad: The only time I did an update in the morning before going to work. (I did think it was odd that some of the same items had updates this morning that I updated last night.) Sigh......... Edited May 25, 2007 by RVDowning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Aplogies accepted, just because I do not use their product anymore. Else I would be mad at them. These things are not supposed to happen even in bleeding edge distros, let alone a "stable", "noob friendly" one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 People make mistakes...I've seen worse in other distributions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I remember Ubuntu 6.06 had a similar update issue (i think it was a kernel update)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted May 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Aplogies accepted, just because I do not use their product anymore. Else I would be mad at them. These things are not supposed to happen even in bleeding edge distros, let alone a "stable", "noob friendly" one... When they don't announce it you mad at them (and you're right btw). Now that they announce it you'd be mad because they made a mistake. Hey at least we know about it. And at least it saved me the trouble so I'm grateful for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 My Mandriva-desktop system is now x-less. :sad: But my laptop is still okay. :) An yes, other distros made bad things, too. Ubuntu crippled X once, fedora crippled kernels twice, suse crippled yast once... so Mandriva is in good company. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Mistakes happens even for the best. The good thing when the devs are quickly announcing X or Y is borked etc. then you can't hardly blame them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 For anyone who got caught by this, the following should fix it: urpmi.update -a urpmi x11-server-common x11-server-xorg compiz assuming your updates mirror is up to date. If that command asks you any questions or gives you any warnings, cancel :) The fixed packages are available and versioned 1.2.0-9.2mdv2007.1. The broken packages were versioned 1.2.0-9.1mdv2007.1 . Note the difference: 9.1 = broken, 9.2 = fixed. When updating, ensure you're getting the 9.2 versions. If you are, then you're fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 (edited) There is our great friend Adam here again quick as a flash with help. :thumbs: :thumbs: I just checked and I found I have the good one. He He He. Cheers. John. Edited May 27, 2007 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 When they don't announce it you mad at them (and you're right btw). Now that they announce it you'd be mad because they made a mistake. in defense of scarecrow, i think he was not mad at them (as stated in the first sentence). he should have separated the second sentence to make it clear that he is stating an opinion that is entirely different than the first sentence. and to adamw, even if i dont use the packages affected. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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