Hello all, I am the core developer for the IUS Community Project [1] which provides 'replacement' packages for a handful of RHEL packages including php52, php53, mysql50, mysql51, etc. The packages are intentionally re-named as to not automatically upgrade existing packages, and we do not 'Obsolete' stock RHEL packages either. Our view is that replacing a RHEL package should be an explicit process and not something that just happens when you subscribe to a Yum repo. That said, this packaging model introduces a slightly more complex upgrade process. The current process is something similar to: # yum shell yum> remove php php-common php-pear php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mbstring yum> install php52 php52-common php52-pear php52-mcrypt php52-mysql php52-mbstring yum> transaction solve yum> transaction run The obvious headache is that the process (commands) are different on every box depending on what packages are installed and need to be removed/re-installed. To this I have written a yum plugin that I think handles this process of upgrading from stock 'pkg' to a replacement 'pkgXY' quite well. Not being an experienced yum coder (sorry skvidal/geppetto for all the questions in #yum) I was hoping to get any feedback or suggestions on this plugin, in the event that I'm doing anything obviously stupid. The plugin is online at: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~derks/+junk/yum-plugin-replace/files The usage is simple: # yum replace php --replace-with php52 Thank you for your time and any feedback you may provide. References: [1] http://iuscommunity.org --- derks _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum
