Problems with dependencies in current rawhide

[Tom Brinkman]

On Monday 11 December 2006 1:32 pm, Richard Hally wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > Tom Brinkman wrote:
> >> On Monday 11 December 2006 10:42 am, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> Anyone got a recipe that avoids the dependencies in the
> >>> current batch of rawhide updates?  Patience being a virtue
> >>> for rawhide users, I can exercise some and wait it out if
> >>> that is best.
> >>>
> >>> TIA
> >>
> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/yum?highlight=%28yum%29
> >>
> >> Tips and Tricks
> >>
> >> "Yum halts if there is any dependency problem within the
> >> repository to be safe and doesnt perform partial updates. Use
> >> this script if you want that. Kindly ensure that you report
> >> any dependency issues to the appropriate repository bug
> >> tracker or post to the relevant project list if it requires
> >> more discussions."
> >
> > We have a better solution now. Updated that page.
> >
> > Rahul
>
> why is it that the plugin is called skip-broken but the switch to
> invoke it is --ignore-broken?
> Richard

    Hmmm.... I dual boot, Fc6-test and rawhide. I have skip-broken 
(along with fastestmirror) installed on both. Never seemed to work 
as expected, so I resorted to my 'yumnd'.  Next time I boot rawhide 
I'll try your '--ignore-broken' switch. Thanks.

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    Tom Brinkman                        Corpus Christi, Texas