It seems to me that the whole point of yum is to keep your machine up-to-date _all_ the time. This is achieved by putting 'yum update' into a cronjob. So you don't need the -F and -U options anyway. Rob On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 14:23, Nielsen, Steve wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum -- Rob Watkin <robwatkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
