[Yum] yum check

[seth vidal]

> 
> I was thinking the simple way to do it would be "install all packages". 
>   Add every available to the install list, check the dependencies, but 
> don't actually download or install the packages.  The dependency 
> resolver algorithm may not do this efficiently but it would at least 
> give some indication of incompatibilities between repositories and with 
> the current installed packages.

you don't need the packages to do this, though. just the pkg metadata.


> Is the metadata format described anywhere?  Since it is in XML, it would 
> be good to have a DTD.

look at the samples and dtds at:
http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/

-sv