yum update blocked for now
seth vidal
skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Tue Aug 8 22:23:22 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 18:14 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
> 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.
>
to be fair - you can do that now:
#yum shell
> update
> transaction solve
<error happens and it tells you what the problem is>
> transaction reset
> config exclude packagename
> update
> transaction solve
> run
etc etc etc.
the yum shell code was written explicitly for this purpose.
-sv
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