[Yum] [rfe] yum-arch force create headers,headers/headers.info on empty dir

nathan r. hruby nathan at drama.uga.edu
Thu Apr 24 15:09:15 UTC 2003


Hi!

I'm new here, and have just started using YUM.  

We encountereed a problem recently where the RHL9 updates/en/os/noarch 
directory was empty, thus yum-arch did not create any headers in that 
directory when run.  This causes yum to fail before updating if the empty 
directory is listed in a user yum.conf file making for unhappy users.

I emailed Seth about it and he asked me to file the below RFE in bugzilla.  
I though that this might intrest the list as well, so I'm appending a copy 
of the bug for comments by y'all.

Thanks! 

-n

---- BEGIN BUG: http://devel.linux.duke.edu/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19
Bug 19 - yum-arch force create headers,headers/headers.info on empty dir
Bug#: 19 
Product: yum 
Version: unspecified 
Platform: x86
OS/Version: Linux 
Status: NEW 
Severity: enhancement 
Priority: P2
Resolution:  
Assigned To: skvidal at phy.duke.edu 
Reported By: nathan at drama.uga.edu
Component: Yum
URL: 
Summary: yum-arch force create headers,headers/headers.info on empty dir
Description:

This is an RFE.

It would be nice to have a "force creation of headers/ and headers.info
even if directory is empty" option as currently yum-arch doesn't do this,
which causes clients pointed at that empty repository to bail out early,
claiming it can't get the headers.

Ideally, this feature would be enabled with a run-time switch to force
creation of said directories and exit with a normal exit code (this makes
it easier for when scripting yum-arch while preventing accidental
directory creation if this were the default behavior). If the flag is not
present yum-arch should not take any action (the current behavior) and
exit with a exit code that indicates "I didn't do anything becasue the
directory was empty" (new).

In reality, either one of these options would be sufficent for dealing 
repositories that are empty, but need to remain valid for clients.

-n
--- END BUG
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nathan hruby <nathan at drama.uga.edu>
computer services specialist  
uga drama & theatre                        
reality is a moving target
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