seth vidal wrote: > On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 17:28, Christopher C. Weis wrote: > >>I'm fairly new to Yum, but it's been great for me thus far. Regardless, >>there are two features that I would love to see yum have... >> >>1) Support for repackaging old rpms (such as the --repackage option to >>rpm). This is important, especially in a server'ish environment. > > > So people actually use this feature? I was under the impression it was > not-terribly trusted and underutilized. I know the scriptlets for > restoring from a --repackaged rpm have had some issues. It's the only way I know of to roll back an update on a RPM-based system. I don't do a lot of rollbacks, but the times that I have needed to use it, it's been a lifesaver. > > Do you want the repackage rpms made or do you want yum to be able to > install them too? I just want it to be able to repackage the rpms. As I mentioned in a conversation I had with another non-Linux admin this morning, YUM is a great tool for automated package management or for people who are still learning; however, it's not a replacement for understanding the basics of "rpm", at least not if you're serious about maintaining your machines. In the case of actually rolling back an RPM, I don't think assuming the user knows how to use "rpm" is too much to ask. > > The former isn't too bad, the latter is a fair bit harder. > I'm only after the former. > > >>2) The ability to download, but not install, RPMs, using Yum. > > > there's an rfe in bugzilla for this one. I don't see any reason not to > do this. > Do you want me to add this (repackage) enhancement to bugzilla as well? > > >>I'm willing to make the changes myself, but I'd like to know if there is >>any documentation (such as method descriptions and flow charts) >>available. There may be several ways to do this, so if anyone could >>point me in the right direction, I'd be greatful. > > > I've used doc strings on most of the non-obvious functions and methods, > You should be able to follow them roughly. > > if you want to get the general flow of things read yummain.py main() > > good luck. > -sv Thanks. I appreciate the help. I'll send you the diffs once I get things working. > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
