What about smartpm?

[seth vidal]

> Can I not reverse this argument to state:
> 
> Yeah, and this is still unsafe, because upgrading is inherently,
> implicitly unsafe.

upgrading isn't inherently unsafe. Especially when there are KNOWN
exploits in older versions.


> 1. you can upgrade into a vulnerability
You are unlikely to upgrade into a KNOWN vulnerability.


> 2. upgrading often breaks, since newer versions can do things in %pre
> that make upgrading to a workable state impossible.

if this is true then it's a problem with:
 1. all pkg managers
 2. all distros

The point Icon was making is about smart's mechanism and it's ability to
downgrade as a solution.


That's why it is not equally valid.

-sv