When the floodgates open ...

[Bill Davidsen]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 12:05:09 +0530,
>   Steve Repo <scmuser at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, as far as I understand,  when the updates are available, "yum
>> update" should fetch new fedora-release RPM with the new key. This
>> will automatically install the new key and allow newer updates to
>> flow.
>>
>> So, technically, a "yum update" should work.
> 
> Based Ion the plan outline I think it will be two yum updates. The first
> one will fetch the new key and repository location and the second will
> get the pending updates.
> 
If there is a simple explanation of why these are not combined into a 
single package, I would like to hear it. If it's complex or secret 
that's fine, I don't see the obvious problem combining them, but I don't 
claim great RPM expertise.

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