error running yum for the first time

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 17:26 -0400, Christopher Aillon wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 16:59 -0400, Christopher Aillon wrote:
> >> Panu Matilainen wrote:
> >>> The fix is to either 'rpm -e yum-versionlock' if you don't use it or to
> >>> provide the missing config file.
> >>>
> >> I'm guessing he performed an "everything" install, whatever that means 
> >> these days.  So it sounds like there should be a config provided with 
> >> it.  Making the default system unusable is plain silly, especially since 
> >> it would also mess with the applet.
> > 
> > you're thinking like a user and not like a sysadmin.
> 
> Then there is clearly a problem in yum or anaconda or maybe even rpm for 
> not determining whether the person installing the package is a user or a 
> sysadmin.
> 
> 
> > If that file went missing it would screw up a lot of systems that are
> > locked in.
> 
> I don't doubt that.  Perhaps this specific plugin should be disabled by 
> default then even after install.  e.g. enabled = 0 in versionlock.conf 
> instead of enabled = 1.  And just require the user^H^H^H^H sysadmin 
> explicitly turning it on (they already have to do work to make the 
> plugin useful, what's one more step?)

doesn't bother me if that's the case.
Panu?


> > Fedora is not just for end users in front of laptops.
> 
> That doesn't mean we can screw the end user for the benefit of the 
> sysadmin, or vice versa.

I think discouraging 'everything' installs by aversion therapy might be
a good idea, though. :)

-sv