Smith, Eric V. wrote:
>>If updating a package has failed (the latest version is installed),
>>then the transaction should fail.
>
> I guess we're using yum for different purposes. We'll have to agree to
> disagree. I was never asking for a change, I just want to understand
> how it works. I'll work around it or modify it locally to do what I'm
> after.
I am only opposing the "update-or-move-along" behavior of the
"update" command -- I do not think it should do that. The question
of whether yum needs a "verify-latest" command (or somesuch) is a
different matter entirely. My only objection to that is whether it
is prudent to increase the complexity of yum's code for a result
that can be achieved using a one-liner in shell:
for PKG in pkg1 pkg2 pkg3; do yum -y update $PKG; done
Regards,
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Konstantin ("Icon") Riabitsev
Duke University Physics Sysadmin
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