I'm not really a basic user. I just thought it interesting that repositories don't really seem to take notice of what rpms work and what don't. X doesn't start anymore, some error i've never seen before. not quite sure what got updated there (fear). But that's ok. It was more the fact that a required dependency wasn't included in the repository that DID include a package that needed it, which I thought interesting. Don't they test ? If not, then isn't it all a bit beside the point anyhow ? I like yum except for one thing. Headers. If one could have yum without the header info building then you could point it at anything and it would check dependencies on the fly for any given rpm package. I am just wondering why there isn't yet a mode that it could run in like this. TheFinn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy Johnson" <troy.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [Yum] hmmm my yum ate my computer. > bruce wrote: > > so... > > in other words...to really use yum effectively, you need to have a > > "reasonable" amount of knowledge about repositories (which ones are > > good/bad), about rpm files, about your system... > > No! You need to use the Yum RPM that came with your distribution and > keep the default repositories listed in the configuration file. Then you > should complain to the producers of that distribution when something > goes wrong. A "basic user" should not be changing the default > configuration and does not have the technical knowledge to divine > whether a problem originates in Yum or in the repositories listed in its > configuration file. > > If the default Yum configuration is not sufficient, then the > distribution itself is not meant for the "basic user" you refer to. > > To your point, yeah, a magic program that would fix all a distributions > broken packages, broken dependencies, and poor user choices would be > great. Unfortunately for the "basic user", but fortunately for me, Yum > has chosen an achievable task and is available today. > > Thanks much to all you Yum building folks, > > Troy > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >
