explanation of yum.cron + a little frustration.

[Timothy Murphy]

Erik Hemdal wrote:

> If anyone has a suggestion, or better, an example, for how you could
> profitably modify yum-daily.yum, I would be grateful to see it.

I am a great fan of yum -
it is probably the main reason I run Fedora -
but I agree with those who say that yum.cron is excessively complicated.

A simple entry in /etc/yum.daily/ would have been preferable, in my view.
I think the "service" mechanism should be reserved for daemons.

While the additional complication in this case is not too bad,
it is very important, IMHO, 
to keep Linux administration as simple and consistent as possible.

I don't see any reason to treat yum any differently
from the other entries in /etc/cron.daily , like logrotate and tetex.


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