[Yum] hmmm my yum ate my computer.

[Michael Stenner]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 02:03:57AM +1000, TheFinn wrote:
> Let me quote from https://lists.linux.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
> "A list for the discussion of the Yum rpm updater."

> Wait, that's probably not enough. Here I'll list the config file at the end
> as well, as anyone who wasn't too sure and REALLY wished to be constructive
> would've asked for.

> Please, unless someone has something constructive to say. Kindly SHUT THE
> FUCK UP - you have nothing to offer.

OK.  Lets all calm down a bit.  I will attempt to be constructive.
Incidentally, it seems to me that several others HAVE attempted to
help you despite your continued abuse.

1) yum can only work with packages that it finds in repositories.
2) yum can only manage dependencies based on the metadata in those
   packages

Now, it's always possible that yum does these incorrectly.  If it
does, that's a bug, and is a yum issue.  However, if your repo list
doesn't contain a necessary package, or the package metadata is
broken, that's NOT a yum issue.  There's really nothing yum can do
about either of those problems.  If you give it bad (or incomplete)
information, you can't expect it to intuit the solution you're looking
for.

So far, it looks very much like your problem is not a yum issue.
Sure, it's an issue that comes up when using yum, but that doesn't
make it a yum issue any more than it's a fedora issue, linux issue, or
intel issue.

					-Michael
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