On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 18:14 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: > Jesse Keating wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 August 2006 07:19, David D. Hagood wrote: > > > >>It seems to me that continually having to direct people to a script to > >>bludgeon YUM into updating the system, rather than either fixing YUM, > >>fixing the procedures that allow the repos to break, or moving to a tool > >>(like APT) that deals with broken repositories is like saying "yes, the > >>door locks don't work - here's a coat hanger." > > > > > > Its rawhide dude. Things are in a constant state of flux and we don't impose > > any barriers from the developer to get new packages out. Once FC6 is > > released, updates to FC6 will be handled in a way that prevents the updates > > repo from having broken deps (most of the time *wink*). Rawhide is well raw, > > deps will break, and if you're brave enough to play with it, you are expected > > to spend a little effort to plow through it. And if it breaks, you get to > > keep all the pieces. > > > > > > Yum still should be able to break into a mode where it would install the > packages that can safely be installed, instead of just dying with a > complaint. Since yum is the base for pup and pirut, the features would > increase the ease of there use. > > I tried apt before and it is not the answer. Improving yum functionality > seems a better solution. > > Regarding rawhide, I expect some dep problems. I would rather have a > better program upgrader and installer though to trek the wagon trails. > to be fair - you can do that now: #yum shell > update > transaction solve <error happens and it tells you what the problem is> > transaction reset > config exclude packagename > update > transaction solve > run etc etc etc. the yum shell code was written explicitly for this purpose. -sv -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list