On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:55:11 -0500, David Hollis <dhollis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think there is a project that does this, and has been doing it for > quite awhile. It's called Microsoft Windows. The problem that this > method poses is that it's very easy to get to a point where you have no > idea what the current real state of your system is. [...] Solaris used to have a similar system, where they had subpackages or "patch" packages. IIRC, they got rid of it and switched to essentially what we have now, for a few reasons. - These fragments always grew and congealed together, which only worsened the first problem; also the savings disappeared over the life of the package. It was called "jumbo" patch. In a couple of patch cycles you would be patching whole package anyway. At that point, it's better to install update packages. - People were making mistakes installing patches and causing all sorts of weirdest problems, and it was a living hell for support -- Mind though, that was a decade before yum. I am quite surprised that it works for Microsoft, because Sun gave it a good try. Maybe they just ignore most problems, like what happens when you upgrade a well-patched system to the next release. -- Pete -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
