Hi! I'm new here, and have just started using YUM. We encountereed a problem recently where the RHL9 updates/en/os/noarch directory was empty, thus yum-arch did not create any headers in that directory when run. This causes yum to fail before updating if the empty directory is listed in a user yum.conf file making for unhappy users. I emailed Seth about it and he asked me to file the below RFE in bugzilla. I though that this might intrest the list as well, so I'm appending a copy of the bug for comments by y'all. Thanks! -n ---- BEGIN BUG: http://devel.linux.duke.edu/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19 Bug 19 - yum-arch force create headers,headers/headers.info on empty dir Bug#: 19 Product: yum Version: unspecified Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Resolution: Assigned To: skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxx Reported By: nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Component: Yum URL: Summary: yum-arch force create headers,headers/headers.info on empty dir Description: This is an RFE. It would be nice to have a "force creation of headers/ and headers.info even if directory is empty" option as currently yum-arch doesn't do this, which causes clients pointed at that empty repository to bail out early, claiming it can't get the headers. Ideally, this feature would be enabled with a run-time switch to force creation of said directories and exit with a normal exit code (this makes it easier for when scripting yum-arch while preventing accidental directory creation if this were the default behavior). If the flag is not present yum-arch should not take any action (the current behavior) and exit with a exit code that indicates "I didn't do anything becasue the directory was empty" (new). In reality, either one of these options would be sufficent for dealing repositories that are empty, but need to remain valid for clients. -n --- END BUG -- ---------------------------------------- nathan hruby <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> computer services specialist uga drama & theatre reality is a moving target ----------------------------------------
