[Yum] Dependancy resolver issues with SuSE kernel update

[seth vidal]

> In a perfect yum world, it would determine all exact dependant packages 
> of installonlypkgs arguments, and "install only" them also. In my case, 
> kernel-syms should have forced kernel-source into install only mode. 
> OTOH, I can imagine, that this behavior will be pretty hard to archive, 
> considering the various forms of dependancies.. 

I don't like the idea of extending out the installonly to things it
depends on as well. There's a lot of unnecessary magic involved and it
only complicates the process especially considering how horky the
installonly concept is anyway.


> Really cool would be to add an additional note in the error message:
> Current message:
> Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Error: Package kernel-syms needs kernel-source = 2.6.11.4-20a, this is 
> not available.
> 
> Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Error: Package kernel-syms needs kernel-source = 2.6.11.4-20a, this is 
> not available, because kernel-source is in update mode (versus install 
> only mode).

Sounds like something for the callback to investigate, I think. I need
to think of a smarter way of getting the right info to the depcheck
callback.

thanks,
-sv