On 5/7/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kam Leo wrote:
> You stated the documented and actual behavior for the installonlyn
> plugin changed and that it was too difficult or not worth the effort
> to modify the FC5 release-notes. Ergo, my recommendation, document the
> change in installyonlyn.conf.
File a RFE.
Pointless and totally ineffective. I cannot change developer habits.
Those who care about their code will document.
Besides, Fedora Core is totally schedule driven. Documentation bugs
are considered critical and do not hold a release. Using FC5 release
notes as an example. Under the heading "Latest Release Notes on the
Web", http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc5/ , it states
"These release notes may be updated." Truth is it does not happen. Not
for a free product with a 18 month life span.
It is the fastest way to disseminate
> the change. Commandline help would work, too, but it appears that yum
> does not provide hooks to extend help.
I don't know where you got that impression but it does.
If a hook is available then why wouldn't/shouldn't options for
installonlyn appear? Here's what appears:
# yum --help
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo,
localupdate, resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache,
upgrade, provides, shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update,
groupupdate, info, search, check-update, list, remove, clean,
grouperase >
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t, --tolerant be tolerant of errors
-C run entirely from cache, don't update cache
-c [config file] config file location
-R [minutes] maximum command wait time
-d [debug level] debugging output level
-e [error level] error output level
-y answer yes for all questions
--version show Yum version and exit
--installroot=[path] set install root
--enablerepo=[repo] enable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
--disablerepo=[repo] disable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
-x [package], --exclude=[package]
exclude package(s) by name or glob
--obsoletes enable obsoletes processing during updates
--noplugins disable Yum plugins
With the exception of enabling or disabling all plugins the plugins
are totally isolated from yum.
Rahul
