yum - lack of features

[Paul Howarth]

Dan Track wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why yum lacks the following ( or maybe it me):
> 
> 1) Can't force a reinstall of package
> 2) Can't force a package to install if there are some minor dependencies

Forcing package installations is generally a bad thing to do, and should 
only be done if you really know what you're doing. And if you really 
know what you're doing, you can use rpm to achieve these.

> 3) Can't fetch a package

Try installing yum-utils from Extras and check out yumdownloader.

Paul.