preupgrade F10

[Gerry Reno]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 12:03 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>   
>> The need to make sure that you update rpm or yum before you do 'yum 
>> update' has happened before and I'm sure this isn't the last time that 
>> it will happen either.  It just makes sense for a packager to see if 
>> there is an update to itself first.  Update itself and THEN do the 
>> updates for everything else.
>>     
>
> That's your opinion.  The opinion of the people writing the update tools
> and preparing the repos and living through such "needs" and really
> understanding what is actually going on don't share that opinion.
>
>   

What is the matter with yum doing something like this?

if updated yum or updated rpm is available:
    if updated yum is available:
        update yum
        yum_is_new = true
    if updated rpm is available:
        update rpm
    if yum_is_new:
        sys.execv("/usr/bin/yum", sys.argv)  # replace current process 
with updated yum



Regards,
Gerry

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