On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 01:34:59PM -0400, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:31:48 +0200 > Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > As Panu nicely outlined, if rpm5 was to be in Fedora and not to > > disrupt normal rpm/yum/etc operation it would be quite useless (it > > wouldn't even know about the packages installed on this system). > > It could be useful to use in creating chroots, or installs into > different installroots that aren't your system root. There is plenty > of usefulness and can prove as a tool for technical review of rpm5 > without messing with your system. That sounds more like using the tarball though. If a software's use is only restricted to looking onto it in a chroot or perform limited operation with is as to not shoot away the rest of the system it should not be a yum install bomb away from your fingertipps (well, not your, but the users') -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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