WipeOut said: > I agree that this scenario is possible but (and I may be wrong) aren't > most scripting languages usually backwards compatible in that a script > created for an older version of the scripting language would usually > still run on the newer vertsion.. As I said, an example. Looking at the Rawhide yum changelog: - patch to work with python 2.3 from Seth So maybe it was a yum issue, not a python issue. You still get the same result: a broken yum. Another example would be any incompatable change with glibc because that would kill rpm. > This is the point, to try and get to a point where the chances of ending > up with pieces is far less likely since the people in the know have > tried to avoid a situation that would cause the system to break from an > inplace upgrade using YUM or similar.. I don't disagree that the problem can be lessened, just that in some cases it may unavoidable. -- William Hooper
