[Yum] Specifying alternate path to RPM database directory

[Albert Chin]

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.

-- 
albert chin (china at thewrittenword.com)