What I am asking for is behavior that is similar to rpm behavior (since yum mostly emulates it anyway). rpm -e is yum erase rpm -i is yum install rpm -F (freshen) is yum update rpm -U (update if installed else install)? - this is what is missing.... I am not complaining just hoping the feature will be added. It would be very useful for installing RPMs using yum on lots of machines. Then I don't have to wrap yum or use rpm directly all the time (rpm -q $rpmname && yum update $name || yum install $name). Since yum is written for sysadmins and I am a sysadmin I asking for this feature. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Chris Geddings [mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 8:10 AM To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified Subject: Re: [Yum] feature missing from yum :) https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2003-April/000887.html Start there. Not sure where the state of the conversation is now, but, IIRC, the idea is that an update should only update, not install, and that the functionality of installation should be handled through some kind of batching operation, though I'm not sure where the status of that is. --Chris On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 08:49, Nielsen, Steve wrote: > Will there be the "-U" rpm equivalent feature in yum ? This is where you issue an "update" but if its not install yum will install it instead of updating. Perhaps this could be implemented as a different keyword? > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
