Yum problem

[Tim]

On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 11:18 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> The "(y/n)?" check during a pretty normal "yum -y update" comes very
> early, even before downloading the packages and also prior to the
> crucial transaction check. It is safe to use the normal "yum -y
> update" mode, provided that yum doesn't suffer from a serious bug. Yum
> is not so stupid to remove any packages that would break RPM package
> dependencies during an update. Certainly it would not pull away its
> own requirements, like rpm-python. 

Though, even if it's not going to shoot *itself* in the foot, you could
well update some package to a broken one (one that's not previously been
noticed as being broken, or has been noticed but not yet fixed).  At
least if you check the list, you can make a decision about whether you
want to update what's on offer, and whether you fancy putting up with a
few hundred megs of updates, should a swag of dependencies go along for
the ride.

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