On 7/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lan Barnes</b> <<a href="mailto:lan@falleagle.net">lan@falleagle.net</a>> wrote:<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The problem is, an indiscriminant yum update with Myth can break things<br>(and would be hard to roll back) because the Myth is still fragile and the<br>newer versions, especially of libs, might not work.<br>...<br>I wouldn't dare touch any of the Myth programs with yum or anything else.
<br>But I might want to load something from my MythDora 4.0 DVD and ask yum to<br>fill in the blanks appropriately.<br></blockquote></div><br>I don't know that I would agree that Myth is fragile. In my experience, yum on Fedora is fragile.
<br><br>I have switched to Ubuntu (as I believe many others have as well) where the package management is more robust. If you are staying with Fedora, then you might want to explore SMART as a package manager. It does a much better job of resolving dependencies - and it includes a GUI front end that makes it easy to select which packages you want update/upgrade.
<br><br>Of course, the best solution is to find a stable working environment - and don't mess with it. (Old adage: What is the definition of a software upgrade? It's where you trade a set of known bugs for an unknown set.)
<br><br>Somehow, I never learn that lesson... There is always a new feature I want. 8^)<br><br>Tom<br><br>PS. I can't help with the Xv problem.<br>