On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Rich Lafferty wrote: > I manage all my home Fedora boxes with yum, and before that used yup > heavily with Yellow Dog Linux. It *is* a good packaging solution; I'd > go so far as to say that the real benefit would be if it was used for > both updates and for RPM-based contribs (in separate repositories).
One thing that yum won't handle gracefully (and perhaps no packaging system will) is the situation where there are multiple contrib repositories which have overlapping and conflicting dependencies. Another thing that yum won't do for you (as I've said before) is to determine what actions are required after all packages are updated to the newest version. Until some other system is devised, it will still be necessary to do "signal-event post-upgrade ; signal-event reboot" to be sure that all systems are reconfigured and restarted. Of course, there's always a less drastic course of action, but it will change from instance to instance depending on what updated packages have been installed. -- Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ Phone: +1 (613) 592 5660 or 592 2122 Fax: +1 (613) 592 1175 A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. Q: Why should i start my reply below the quoted text? -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
