On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 14:05 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 11:17:17AM -0400, seth vidal wrote: > > > > that plugin would count the number of packages in the 'remove' state and > > > > simply exit if the number exceeds a certain amount or includes certain > > > > packages, like rpm, or glibc. :) > > > Is this 'don't eat yourself' plugin going to be enabled by default? I know > > > it's crack, but it's good crack.... > > it could be, I guess, it doesn't strike me as crack nearly as much as it > > could be annoying for some subset of folks. > > It seems to fit with the general principle of making yum as safe as > possible. > agreed - why don't we pick this up on yum-devel. Though I think a failsafe on removals might-should have a "you're asking to remove 800 packages are you _SURE_ that's what you wanted" question in there somewhere. just to keep the 'yum remove xorg-x11' from nuking someone running yum from an X terminal. -sv
