That would work as long as I can script it (ie, use it non interactively). That way I could use yum to tell me when the box was ready to be patched/updated, rather than just that it needed to be (as in check-updates). On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, seth vidal wrote: > > so let me make sure I understand what this entails: > > you need to run yum with a '--what would you do if' parameter - and if > it say what things it would need to do to update. Is that right? > > I was looking at the yum download-only patches and the one thing I don't > like is they all seem like overkill. > > What if there was a more-simple yum download-only mechanism? > > What if it were a second, optional, y/n check AFTER the packages were > downloaded. > > So: in default mode nothing changes. > > maybe you add a -n (like was suggested by Miguel earlier today) that is, > essentially an additional check. > > yum update > download headers, etc > computes dependencies > ask you if it's ok to do stuff > downloads and gpg checks packages > asks you again. > > If it was done that way it's: > 1. a trivial amount of code > 2. not just a download-only mechanism but an easy way for people to be > MORE careful about installs. > > It seems like that would get you the set of things you need, or at least > part of them. > > Thoughts? > > -sv > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.rossberry.com
