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

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I'm running KMM 4.6.0 on openSUSE 11.4 with no major issue yet. I don't use 
all the features so there maybe problems. I downloaded 4.6 from one of the 
build service repo's. Don't remember which one. I use a MySQL database and it 
is working. 

On Saturday, October 08, 2011 09:58:44 AM Michael Berger 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
> Im Borngrund 7a
> 35606 Solms-Oberndorf
> Fon: +49 6442 706509
> Fax: 4932121247536
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> Registered Linux User 520453
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Russ
openSUSE 11.4(2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop)|KDE Platform Version 4.7.2 (4.7.2) 
"release 9"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-
x86_64-280.13)