Description of problem: Periodically when running routine updates, kpackagekit "bonks". For example, today it is wanting to update: gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.25-2.fc11 (x86_64) and gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.16-2.fc11 (x86_64) having different rev numbers. It gives the error: A package dependency could not be found. More information is available in the detailed report: gstreamer-plugins-base conflicts with gstreamer-plugins-good with the options being "OK" and "Details". There should be a third option: "Attempt Update without the package causing the error". Perhaps label the button: "Ignore Package", and pop up with a brief note including an explanation that many update errors are resolved within a few days. I believe that YUM has the option: yum update --skip-broken Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 11, Qt: 4.5.3 KDE 4.3.2 KPackageKit 0.4.2 How reproducible: Happens whenever an update error occurs. Steps to Reproduce: 1. "update error" 2. Requires manually trying to figure out which package is causing the error, then hunting it down and eliminating. Actual results: In this case I had to determine what the heck the meaning of the error message was, and eliminate references to gstreamer. Sometimes it is more cryptic. Additional info: It would be a LOT EASIER with a third choice "Ignore" with a brief explanation of what that does, i.e. wait a few days and try it again.
You do have the option of deselecting packages from the package list and retrying the upda te. I do however like your idea and will suggest it to the upstream devs.
I thought pk was supposed to do the equivalent of --skip-broken already? Or perhaps that was only implemented in gnome-packagekit ?
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