[Yum-devel] [PATCH 4/5] Return an error code if yum can't install any of the specified packages

[Seth Vidal]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, James Antill wrote:

> People want a bash scriptable way to say "X should be installed". So
> with this patch:
>
> . If _any_ package specified: is installed already; or is found and will
> be installed == yum returns 0 (or at least goes into depchecking etc.)
>
> . If _all_ package(s) are "not found", yum turns the message "Nothing to do"
> into an error (returns 1, atm).
>
> ...thus:

doesn't fill me with joy, even a little, but now is a reasonable-ish time 
to test it.

so ACK.


-sv