On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 04:23, Michael Stenner wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:43:20PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: > > > ok those are related to my particular requirements and not somehow else. > > > - --download-only is an option and if used in combination with let's say install > > > it asks > > > > > > [install: mod_jk2 2.0.4-4jpp.i386] > > > Is this ok [y/N]: > > > > yum --download-only install foo > > > > Will download foo and all of foo's dependencies then it will exit. > > > > if you want yum to simply download foo and nothing more then you should > > just use wget. > > I think the "confusion" goes something like this: > > yum --download-only install foo > > yum then says > > [install: foo 1.4.2-i386] > Is this ok [y/N]: > > And the user says "hey, I just told you I don't want you to install > it. I just want you to download it." The reason for this is that the > questions are asked BEFORE downloading so you can see what will be > done without wasting a bunch of time. This check is still valuable > (to at least some people) when in --download-only mode. For the record. Does this mean that if one responds (y) in this situation, yum will download but _not_ install foo? Rob -- Rob Watkin <robwatkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
