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ketil
2010-05-06 , 17:21
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On my n900, I noticed the other day that there was an update to sharing-fmms. When I looked into the details of the package, it said that version 1.0 was installed, and that 1.0.2 was available, but it wasn't shown available for upgrade in the application manager.

Attempting to fix this, I did a sudo apt-get upgrade, and there I see a total of 22 packages with available upgrades, mainly various libraries.
An "apt-get upgrade" upgraded all those packages, but is there a reason they are not upgraded through the application manager?

Has anyone else noticed this?
 
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2010-05-06 , 17:54
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Application manager only shows user apps, not libraries. Libraries will only be updated if an application requires the newer version.
 
ketil
2010-05-06 , 17:57
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But isn't it usually a good idea to keep packages up to date? How can I be sure there aren't security issues fixed in an update I'm unable to identify or install through the application manager?
Also, this does not explain why sharing-fmms did not show up in application manager.
 
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2010-05-06 , 18:08
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Originally Posted by ketil View Post
But isn't it usually a good idea to keep packages up to date? How can I be sure there aren't security issues fixed in an update I'm unable to identify or install through the application manager?
Also, this does not explain why sharing-fmms did not show up in application manager.
A quick check shows that sharing-fmms is tagged as being in the "libs" section - only apps within a subsection of "user" are shown in app manager (except for "user/hidden").

I don't know exactly why the decision was made not to update libraries automatically - perhaps they were worried that library updates could break existing applications. I prefer to keep up-to-date and run "apt-get upgrade" every now and again.
 
ketil
2010-05-06 , 18:10
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Originally Posted by Rob1n View Post
A quick check shows that sharing-fmms is tagged as being in the "libs" section - only apps within a subsection of "user" are shown in app manager (except for "user/hidden").

I don't know exactly why the decision was made not to update libraries automatically - perhaps they were worried that library updates could break existing applications. I prefer to keep up-to-date and run "apt-get upgrade" every now and again.
Yeah, now that I'm aware of it, I'm going to be turning to the terminal too

- Ketil
 
jacktanner is offline jacktanner
2010-05-06 , 18:15
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This issue comes up every so often, but I've never seen an explanation of what's really going on in the package management subsystem. Are there downsides to apt-get upgrade on Maemo?
 
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2010-05-06 , 18:19
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Originally Posted by jacktanner View Post
This issue comes up every so often, but I've never seen an explanation of what's really going on in the package management subsystem. Are there downsides to apt-get upgrade on Maemo?
No, but apt-get is more for advanced users and not the average joe... that's about it really...
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