[Yum] Specifying alternate path to RPM database directory

[Albert Chin]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:59:41AM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 00:43 -0600, Albert Chin wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:10:20PM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:35 -0600, Albert Chin wrote:
> > > > Has anyone modified yum to accept an alternate path to the RPM
> > > > database (rpm --dbpath=<path>)? If so, are the patches available?
> > > > 
> > > > If not, would patches be accepted for inclusion into yum?
> > > 
> > > Before patches would be included I'd need an explanation for what
> > > problem it would solve. Where/why are you relocating your rpmdb and
> > > why would you need yum to access it?
> > 
> > We have customers installing our RPM packages that prefer to keep them
> > in a separate database. Our RPM packages never depend on system RPMs
> > so we can get away with it.
> > 
> > It's fine if the patch isn't accepted. We'll just maintain them
> > locally for the version of YUM we provide.
> 
> How do they resolve all the deps they need to install their software if
> they're using a separate rpmdb?

Our packages have no external dependencies.

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albert chin (china at thewrittenword.com)