yum update blocked for now

Jim Cornette fct-cornette at insight.rr.com
Tue Aug 8 22:14:04 UTC 2006


Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 August 2006 07:19, David D. Hagood wrote:
> 
>>It seems to me that continually having to direct people to a script to
>>bludgeon YUM into updating the system, rather than either fixing YUM,
>>fixing the procedures that allow the repos to break, or moving to a tool
>>(like APT) that deals with broken repositories is like saying "yes, the
>>door locks don't work - here's a coat hanger."
> 
> 
> Its rawhide dude.  Things are in a constant state of flux and we don't impose 
> any barriers from the developer to get new packages out.  Once FC6 is 
> released, updates to FC6 will be handled in a way that prevents the updates 
> repo from having broken deps (most of the time *wink*).  Rawhide is well raw, 
> deps will break, and if you're brave enough to play with it, you are expected 
> to spend a little effort to plow through it.  And if it breaks, you get to 
> keep all the pieces.
> 
> 

Yum still should be able to break into a mode where it would install the 
packages that can safely be installed, instead of just dying with a 
complaint. Since yum is the base for pup and pirut, the features would 
increase the ease of there use.

I tried apt before and it is not the answer. Improving yum functionality 
seems a better solution.

Regarding rawhide, I expect some dep problems. I would rather have a 
better program upgrader and installer though to trek the wagon trails.

Jim


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