it sounds good. but how is this flat file gonna be managed? will there be a rpm that`s updating the flatfile with other rpm names incase they need to be added? or will it be a solid flat file that is gonna be delivered with fedora core 7 and won`t be updated? whatever one it is.. i wouldn`t go for a flatfile.. i think it`s better to make use of sqlite (yea yea.. that`s flatfile based). sqlite is needed for yum anyway so why not just use it for this aswell. but something different.. isn`t the basic problem of this all in yum or rpm? (i think yum) and wouldn`t it be better to just fix that. Mark. <div>2007/4/5, seth vidal <<a href="mailto:skvidal@linux.duke.edu">skvidal@linux.duke.edu</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 15:40 -0400, seth vidal wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 15:25 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 02:09:42PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: > > > For another problem of orphaned/dead packages we discussed an additional > > > metadata type for dead-packages that should be removed from folks' > > > systems if they're found. That might be the only workable solution. We > > > could get arch and evr specific with that if implemented sanely. > > > ThoughtS? > > > > I started working on a yum plugin for this. But then I got distracted. > > > > post what you have. It's a start. > > If this is the path we want to go I'll get on it asap, it shouldn't be > overly much code - mostly like installonlyn but just querying some extra > metadata. After talking to a few folks this sounds like the way we're going to have to go. A plugin which lets us tell yum 'remove these if you find them'. it steps around the arch-specific obsoletes need. If/when rpm gets that added in and stable we can disable the plugin and worry about it no more! :) I was trying to figure out what would be a reasonable file format and unless we're planning on doing something tricky it might make sense to have a simple flatfile in the metadata pkgname-v-r.arch pkg2-v-r.arch pkg3-v-r.* and just have yum add those pkgs, if they exist, to the list of ones to remove from the users' system. I think it would make sense for the plugin to catch and ignore things like: a* b* * ab* ?* etc. I need some feedback though, things I'm forgetting? -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com">fedora-devel-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list </a> </blockquote></div>