On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 10:51 -0600, Richi Plana wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 09:03 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > Right- yum can install using provides as the key.
> >
> > This is why I suggested packages containing more than one program should
> > provide the name of the other programs explicitly.
> >
> > Then:
> >
> > yum install umbrello
> >
> > would work.
>
> Would there ever be a danger where overriding package names (via virtual
> packages) might result in ambiguities? So package names would now mean
> program names, as well?
you mean if there were multiple things providing 'umbrello' that's just
like any other multiple-provider situation.
> Would there be a problem if a real package were
> to be added to the repo (or some repo)? What would yum (or the resolver)
> base its decision on?
the decision works now as:
- best arch for the system
- shortest name
- first in the list
> I'm not too comfortable with overriding it using
> the full path ("/usr/bin/umbrello") but at least it disambiguates much
> better than the other. (And I figure it's too much to put in a language
> for specifying other parameters such as "yum install
> --program-name=umbrello" or "--lib=c").
yes - that's just not sane.
-sv
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