[Yum] Re: yum] Survey of Use

[Jim Wildman]

That would work as long as I can script it (ie, use it non
interactively).  That way I could use yum to tell me when the box was
ready to be patched/updated, rather than just that it needed to be (as
in check-updates).

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, seth vidal wrote:

> 
> so let me make sure I understand what this entails:
> 
> you need to run yum with a '--what would you do if' parameter - and if
> it say what things it would need to do to update. Is that right?
> 
> I was looking at the yum download-only patches and the one thing I don't
> like is they all seem like overkill.
> 
> What if there was a more-simple yum download-only mechanism?
> 
> What if it were a second, optional, y/n check AFTER the packages were
> downloaded.
> 
> So: in default mode nothing changes.
> 
> maybe you add a -n (like was suggested by Miguel earlier today) that is,
> essentially an additional check.
> 
> yum update
> download headers, etc
> computes dependencies
> ask you if it's ok to do stuff
> downloads and gpg checks packages
> asks you again.
> 
> If it was done that way it's:
>  1. a trivial amount of code
>  2. not just a download-only mechanism but an easy way for people to be
> MORE careful about installs.
> 
> It seems like that would get you the set of things you need, or at least
> part of them.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -sv
> 
> 
> 
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