yum - lack of features

[Jim Cornette]

Dan Track wrote:

>Hi
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>Can anyone tell me why yum lacks the following ( or maybe it me):
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>1) Can't force a reinstall of package
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For the package that you want to force an install from yum, remove only 
the database entry by running "rpm -e --justdb package" to remove the 
database entry. Then when you use yum install, it will install it again. 
As far as yum "knows", the package is not installed and will install it 
again.

>2) Can't force a package to install if there are some minor dependencies
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Yum is a dep solver. If deps cannot be met, yum fails as expected. If 
you want to do a nodep, download the rpm and override safety precautions 
in rpm.
I have done this with gmc. This is however not good practice. Linking 
libdb.so.3 against libdb.so gets it to work, but no ICONs etc.

> rpm -q --verify gmc
> Unsatisfied dependencies for gmc-4.5.51-16.i386: distro, 
> distribution-X, libdb.so.3, libiconv.so.2
> S.5....T.   /usr/lib/desktop-links/distribution.links
> missing     /usr/share/pixmaps/mc/i-cdrom-ORG.png
> SM5....T.   /usr/share/pixmaps/mc/i-cdrom.png
> missing     /usr/share/pixmaps/mc/i-directory-ORG.png
> SM5....T.   /usr/share/pixmaps/mc/i-directory.png
> missing     /usr/share/pixmaps/mc/i-floppy-ORG.png
> SM5....T.   /usr/share/pixmaps/mc/i-floppy.png



>3) Can't fetch a package
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This may or may not be possible. did you check all of the options yum has?

>number 1 and 3 are my most important issues.
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>Anyone got any ideas why that is?
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A good design to yum. It does not make life easier, it does its intended 
function. Though "doing its best" and failing only when specific 
packages cannot be resolved would be a great feature.

Jim

>Thanks
>Dan
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