[Yum-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Add skip-broken to YumBase

[Tim Lauridsen]

Tim Lauridsen wrote:
> Tim Lauridsen wrote:
>> Florian Festi wrote:
>>> Hi Tim!
>>>
>>> Some more skip broken code:
>>>
>>> Fix the endless loop (sorry, test case is still broken). Code is not 
>>> that beautiful - feel free to adjust your personal taste ;)=
>>>
>>> Tim Lauridsen wrote:
>>>> Added some patch to fix issues with skip-broken and updates.
>>>>
>>>> If we remove an update, we have to remove the cleanup txmbr of the 
>>>> package being updated.
>>>> There is also a patch to fix the testcases.
>>>
>>> Add support for obsoletes.
>>>
>>> Have fun
>>>
>>> Florian
>>>
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>> Thanks,
>> To not loose track of all the changes, i have created a patch with all 
>> the changes against the current yum HEAD.
>>
>> Tim
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> I have reworked the skip-broken code and added some extra test cases.
> 
> I have added a patch, with the diff from yum HEAD.
> 
> The patch includes, the 'Make the removal test case easier by ffesti" to 
> make some removal test cases, work right.
> 
> Tim
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Now it works even better and handle updates breaking requirement of 
installed packages, a common real world situation in rawhide.

Tim
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