Re: python 2.4

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On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:17:28AM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 08:23:51AM -0500, Brian Long wrote:
> > To make Linux more user-friendly, it shouldn't retry forever.  :)  It
> > should keep a retry count per RPM and if the user retries 3 times, it
> > pops up a dialog saying the installation has failed and they should
> > restart.
> 
> I kinda want it to retry forever on a network install.
> 
> > Or even better, it could offer the option to skip the RPM.  Depending on
> > the groups selected for installation, a corrupt -devel RPM not getting
> > installed is not a big deal.  In fact, any RPM not "mandatory" in
> > comps.xml could be skipped (I imagine).  The rest of the install would
> > proceed as normal and maybe populate a file that firstboot could read
> > and try to install the corrupt RPMs once networking is enabled.  Just an
> > idea.
> 
> The whole RPM transaction set would need to be recomputed....

The ability to swap the damaged cd, or get the rpm through other means
(usb/firewire disk, network) would be much appreciated.

Regards,
Luciano Rocha


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