On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, seth vidal wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 12:30 -0700, Ian Burrell wrote: >> On 10/27/05, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 09:49 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >>> >>>> hmmm ... no command-line option? ok. >>> >>> no, there is no commmand line option. Running low on disk space is not >>> exactly a common occurrence and putting EVERYTHING on the command line >>> is just confusing and frustrating for new users. >>> >>> >> >> Instead of having a specific command-line option for this option, how >> about having a generic command-line option for setting any config file >> option: >> >> yum --option diskspacecheck=no >> >> This wouldn't be something that new users would use. It would be handy >> for experts wanting to special case behavior. >> > > ugh - useless clutter. > > if you want to add arbitrary command line options you can add a plugin > and have it allow the command line option. I've been actually thinking of making a "cli-extras" plugin which adds pretty much everything-you-can-think-of cli-option to yum for us cli-junkies :) Just haven't gotten around to do it. - Panu -
