why doesn't yum just exec /usr/bin/rpm?

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Hi. I did an strace on yum in hopes of seeing the rpm args it uses
in certain cases, but apparently it uses python libs that do the rpm foo,
instead of exec'ing /usr/bin/rpm. Could someone please explain the
reasoning for that decision?
 
thanks,
-neil

root@test$ rpm -qf /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/rpm/_rpmmodule.so
rpm-python-4.4.1-23
 
root@test$ rpm -qa | grep yum
yum-utils-0.3.1-1.fc4
yum-2.4.1-1.fc4
 
root@test$ uname -a
Linux test 2.6.16-1.2108_FC4smp #1 SMP Fri May 5 00:20:22 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64  x86_64 GNU/Linux
 
root@test$ rpm -qa | grep rpm
rpm-libs-4.4.1-23
cpan2rpm-2.028-1
rpm-python-4.4.1-23
rpm-devel-4.4.1-23
rpm-4.4.1-23
rpm-build-4.4.1-23

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