[Yum-devel] New yum commandline option

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 20:12 +0100, Terje Rosten wrote:
> More about commandline options:
> 
> I would like to see these:
> 
>  o rename {en,dis}ablerepo to {en,disable}:
> 
>    yum --disable=<some-repo> --enable=<another-repo>

eh, that's just going to promote confusion, really.


>   What else than repos can be {dis,en}abled anyway?

group support can be enabled and disabled.


>  o option to skip gpg check e.g.:
> 
>    yum --nogpg install foobar

if you want that - write it as a plugin.


>  o option to ignore cookies (same as metadata_expire=0 in yum.conf)
>  
>    yum -i update

that's REALLY confusing -but again - if you're so inclined - plugin.


>  
>  o and parsing of yum.conf options on the commandline e.g.
> 
>    yum -o 'recent = 1' list recent

no, absolutely not, never getting in base. But, if you're interested in
a plugin, more power to you.

-sv