Package updater

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

2008/3/25  <ramachandranc1 at aim.com>:
>
>  When you apply updates,it takes lot of time (may be due my slow internet)
> to resolve the dependencies.
>  At the end of the day, you get a message that a prticular software is not
> available.
>  1. (Excuse me for my ignorance) Is it not possible to know which one is not
> available even before you start the operation?

How? Updates to the dependancy database have to be downloaded and the
whole thing has to be analyzed.

>  2. Is it not possible to update the packages which has all the components,
> and leave out the ones which has deficiency of soft ware?

If you use yum, there's a plugin called "skip-broken" which might be
what you want. After installing it, use "yum --skip-broken update".

poc

>  Ramachandran.
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