[SOLVED] Why not provide update files with original ISO's?
Posted: 13 Jun 2015, 16:09
Please see this thread as a reference: http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=4699
After downloading XFCE v. 3.1 I realized that a dependency for galculator was missing from the system.
I had downloaded from http://dl.porteus.org/i486/current/ and the above mentioned library was completely missing from the system. I solved the problem immediately upon discovery by copying the same library from Porteus 3.0.
While being aware of the update function of Porteus, I generally boot from cdrom with no magic folders (for security reasons), so unfortunately any changes I bring to my system must be done manually.
I would have thought that whatever improvements were made to any version of Porteus, they would have been made available in an update file for each version and made downloadable along with the original ISO of it at the archive. Why not doing so for the benefit of those who, for the same reason as I do, opt to not use the update function? I think it would make much sense in order to have an always current archive and also to be able to provide complete older versions as time goes by. Just a thought.
After downloading XFCE v. 3.1 I realized that a dependency for galculator was missing from the system.
I had downloaded from http://dl.porteus.org/i486/current/ and the above mentioned library was completely missing from the system. I solved the problem immediately upon discovery by copying the same library from Porteus 3.0.
While being aware of the update function of Porteus, I generally boot from cdrom with no magic folders (for security reasons), so unfortunately any changes I bring to my system must be done manually.
I would have thought that whatever improvements were made to any version of Porteus, they would have been made available in an update file for each version and made downloadable along with the original ISO of it at the archive. Why not doing so for the benefit of those who, for the same reason as I do, opt to not use the update function? I think it would make much sense in order to have an always current archive and also to be able to provide complete older versions as time goes by. Just a thought.