On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 19:06:35 PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik (mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > M. Fioretti writes: > >which fundamental defects, sorry? > > a brief, concise summary: Thanks! > Try a "yum update" when a dozen, or so, packages need tobe updated. > Press CTRL-C after half of them are installed. Enjoy spending the rest of > the day undoing the resulting mess, and cleaning up all the puke in your > filesystem, and the rpm database. I've had similar experiences on Centos, so yes, I agree with you on this. > There's no technical reason why an rpm file cannot include the URL of any > repositories that provide packages any needed dependencies, together with > the repositories' keys. I like the concept, but for some reason which I can't point out before sleeping I have the _feeling_ that there is some practical reason why this wouldn't work in real life. But maybe I'm just sleepy. Thanks for your explanation, Marco -- The right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software: http://digifreedom.net/node/73
