On 7 Aug 2003, seth vidal wrote: > > b) A fully userspace mode, that uses rpm's --relocate feature to > > install rpm's built to be relocatable into paths in the user's > > personally writeable space. This latter would enable yum to be used by > > vendors to distribute and update valuable data to ordinary users -- > > together with a) in a controlled and accountable way. > > > > > 1. --relocate is broken. > 2. most pkgs will break for it even if they were built right > 3. this is crackrock. 4. sigh. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
