I like the idea of yum telling me there is another path (ie, a package which obsoletes another. I can always ignore the output. Knowledge is power.... On 9 Oct 2003, seth vidal wrote: > Something I've considered doing is having obsoletes automatically > considered and simply tell the users that they have packages installed > that are being obsoleted by an available package. so when you run a yum > update - it looks through and says - "oh, look at that, you've got a > package installed (foo) that is due to be obsoleted (bar), you should > think about that." > > The other problem I have with obsoletes by default is the possibility > for two packages to obsolete the same package. Which one wins? > > foo is installed > bar obsoletes foo > baz obsoletes foo > > Do you install them both? That seems wrong somehow. > > -sv > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.rossberry.com
