[Yum-devel] [PATCH] yum-utils: repoclosure for single package

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

seth vidal wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 16:44 +0100, Tim Lauridsen wrote:
>> Kedar Sovani wrote:
>>> Check for the repoclosure of a single package.
>>>
>>> Usecase: My automation scripts wanted to query the yum repositories for
>>> closure of a single package, instead of spending time on checking the
>>> closure for all packages. (Unsure if this is useful for anyone else.)
>>>
>>> Please consider for inclusion.
>>>
> 
> 
> Should we add a "check to see if this pkg is obsoleted" to the
> repoclosure check? No point in seeing if you can install the pkg and all
> its deps if it is going to be obsoleted.
> 

Another thought; should it check for conflicts with other packages as 
well? Maybe it'd just be informational, but since FP.o doesn't fancy 
conflicts...

-Jeroen