On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 A1tmblwd@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Ed Wilts made a reference to a protectbase setting for yum. It does not > seem to be present in yum-2.1.11-3. Without such a feature for yum or > apt it is a bad conclusion for 3rd-party vendors such as yourself. I don't understand this paragraph. Why ? Have you actually looked what packages I replace or is this based on assumptions ? Go take a look and come back with something I can hold on to. > Even the protectbase feature may not be enough. Quoting from the tao > yum.conf file, http://www.hughesjr.com/tao/yum.conf.txt : > > # The Dag Wieers repository of RHEL3 compatible RPMs; best used in combination > # with the 'protectbase' patch. See /usr/share/doc/yum-*/README.protectbase. > # Some of his rpms upgrade stuff in the Tao basesystem, which you may or may > # not want. Ok. First of all, David wrote this after I told him about the possibility. If you've followed previous threads about this, I think this feature belongs in yum as it gives people the control and removes the burden off of repository maintainers. Second of all, enabling this patch is sufficient, no packages will be replaced if you do. I don't understand why you imply it wouldn't be enough. Also, if you look at the packages I upgrade. Apart from lftp, rsync and syslinux I'm not replacing much else that makes a difference. And trust me, if you use lftp, rsync or syslinux, you'll be grateful you can use lftp >= 3.x and rsync >= 2.6.3. If you're ignorant, you jump on the protest bandwagon. > I, personally, appreciate the service you provide You're welcome. -- dag wieers, dag@xxxxxxxxxx, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
