On Saturday October 27 2007 5:18:47 am Michael Schwendt wrote: > Hyperbole. > that's a high horse you ride > The "(y/n)?" check during a pretty normal "yum -y update" > comes very early, even before downloading the packages and > also prior to the crucial transaction check. It is safe to use > the normal "yum -y update" mode, provided that yum doesn't > suffer from a serious bug. indeed... there was one of those as I recall in the past months, though the details escape my memory at the moment there have been many reportings of issues with automated updating - it is not easy, but, it is possible to do things that will cause disaster even on updates -- read all the 'helpful' posts out there about enabling/disabling repos using text editing, for example - enable rawhide and forgot to turn it back off using such techniques, and see what can happen... but, I don't wish to get into a debate - you're generally right -- on matters having to do with updating systems, one has to make decisions regarding trade-offs between convenience and possible adverse results; I don't find the moment I spend glancing at a list of updates/removals to be onerous -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
