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Stopping Conflict Detection
Viewing Conflicts
ConflictManager Reference
Detect conflicts between all packages
Find conflicts between every package and all other packages in the database.
Detect conflicts for selected packages
Find conflicts between the package you select and all other packages in the
database.
Marking this option enables the list of packages on the dialog box. In the list,
select one or more packages to find conflicts for.
Example: Suppose your database contains Microsoft Word, Lotus Notes, and
Adobe Acrobat. When you select Word, ConflictManager finds resources in Word
that conflict with Lotus or Acrobat. It also finds resources in Lotus and Acrobat
that conflict with Word. It does not find resources in Lotus that conflict with
Acrobat.
4.
Click OK.
Depending on the number of packages in the Software Manager database and the speed
of your computer, conflict detection can take several minutes. While conflict detection is
running:
Its status appears at the right end of the toolbar.
You can continue to use ConflictManager.
You cannot close ConflictManager.
When conflict detection is complete, the right end of the toolbar displays Idle and you
can review conflicts.
See
Viewing Conflicts
on page 31.
Stop conflict detection if you need to close ConflictManager.
Stopping conflict detection before it finishes can leave partial records in the database. If
you must stop conflict detection, be sure to rerun it later. You cannot revert the
database to its previous state unless you have a current backup copy.
Select Conflicts menu > Stop.
The right end of the toolbar displays Idle.
The Conflict List displays conflicts between the selected package and all other packages
in the database. You can view conflicts for only one package at a time.
You can view additional information about a conflicting resource by displaying its
Properties dialog box. You also can view, but not edit, properties in the Package Details
pane in Software Manager.
You can use package groups to reduce the number of conflicts that appear. A package
group consists of a subset of the packages in the database.
See Package Groups in the Software Manager Help.
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