[Kmymoney] problems when updating KMM 4.5 to 4.6 in openSUSE 11.4 /KDE 4.6

[aga]

On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:58:44 +0200
Michael Berger <idest at online.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> you may  recall my recent report on KMyMoney when I was not able
> anymore to enter decimal places in split transactions.
> Thomas proposed to check the language settings and indeed,  I found
> these to be empty.
> 
> Thomas and Alvaro suggested that this was probably not a KMM related
> problem and I inclined to believe that it must have to do with my
> distro.
> 
> I followed up on this and now would like to share my findings with
> you.
> 
> YAST does NOT automatically offer to update KMM to 4.6 but, if for
> instance, the repository KDE:Distro:Factory is present you are able
> and free to do so and if you take that decision a list of additional
> packages will be installed alongside - see screen shot.
> 
> After Ok the installation runs smoothly without any warnings or
> errors.
> 
> KMM is upgraded to 4.6 and behaves normal except for the puzzling
> fact that again all the settings are empty.
> 
> YAST is a fantastic instrument and up to that moment I was absolutely
> sure it was taking care of all dependencies.
> 
> But when starting to work with other applications many problems
> turned up. Just to name the most obvious ones: Kontact was not
> working at all, logging out and shutting off had often to be forced
> by pulling the plug,  not only KMM frequently froze but also the
> entire system, various settings were gone as well etc.   
> 
> After I removed all the newly upgraded packages my system returned
> back to normal.
> 
> You can repeat this as often as you want.
> Now, as long as you only install the updates announced by KpackageKit
> you are save (upgrading KMM to 4.6 was not yet recommended!). However
> if you are the type of experiment-enthusiastic freak lime me it is
> good to know when you start acting on your own responsibility.
> 
> I got curious and tried more. Here is another example.
> I am writing my documents with Lyx and Kile is its recommended Latex
> Source Editor. When installing Kile 2.1 the list of dependent
> packages to install is even longer and again, Kontact and its other
> components are on it (that's what you have fear Torsten!).
> No warnings and/or error messages but you will most probably run into
> similar problems when proceeding.
> 
> And while all this does not come as a surprise to the developers I
> hope to ordinary users this is as helpful as it was to me.
> 
> Thanks to all who continue to come along with helpful advice.
> 
> Cheers! 
> 
> 
> Michael Berger

Having been bitten a couple of times when an update involving an update
of KDE went badly wrong, I no longer attempt it, except as part of a
change to openSuse.

At the moment, I am using Mint and yesterday was presented with an
update of KDE from 4.6.2 to 4.6.5, involving over 100 packages.  It
appears to have gone faultlessly, so far.

Allan