To answer Jim and Seth's responses, the reason I think a very-optional set of "--force" and/or "--nodeps" options would be helpful is that it would help me use the very nice yum feature set to make custom smaller rpm-based distros without needing to hack on the vanilla Fedora rpms themselves at all. There are a variety of 'requires' and other configuration things defined in the rpms in vanilla Fedora that do not make equal sense for the embedded-like distro I'm trying to cook up from a drastic subset of the rpms Fedora supplies. Examples - our lawyers want a custom /etc/issue but RH/FC historically had that file set as unalterable in the rpm it was provided with, so me trying to alter the login banner with a rpm caused a rpm dependency conflict of multiple rpms claiming the same file. Also, all RH-based distros really want a MTA present, I absolutely don't. Many rpms have cross-dependencies to things like gnu readline or other interactive packages. In an embedded os nobody needs those goodnesses. Bottom line is I'd like to be able, at my own risk of course, to use yum to "just do what I say to do" in terms of rpm lists, just as I can use --nodeps to do with rpm. Yes, I'm well aware of the risk of toasting my system, I'd just like yum to be as flexible as rpm is regarding doing such things, so I'm hoping it's possible to talk about command-line-switch compatibility between yum and rpm and/or alternate workarounds. Example 2 - yes, I know how to build bogus rpms that 'claim' to 'provide xyz' so that dependency checks can be met via sleight of hand. I'm somehow less sure how to supersede a bad rpm itself (the /etc/issue example above) without nuking something manually in a postinstall script or by manual commands in a wrapper installation script. I'd really like to be able to set up a custom repo and do a rpm install from there, and have the rpms do it all. Lastly, I have to take exception in the use of the words "incredibly stupid" and "fathom any sane reason why" in a couple of the responses. The fact that I see places where yum could be 'more' useful if it was more rpm-like is neither stupid nor insane by any definition of the term. Sometimes having a bigger swiss-army-knife even if most folks never use that last two tools is goodness to the folks who 'would' use that kind of feature set. Thanks... ------ vince.skahan@xxxxxxxxxx ------ _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
