Re: Package updater

2008/3/25  <ramachandranc1@xxxxxxx>:

>

>  When you apply updates,it takes lot of time (may be due my slow internet)

> to resolve the dependencies.

>  At the end of the day, you get a message that a prticular software is not

> available.

>  1. (Excuse me for my ignorance) Is it not possible to know which one is not

> available even before you start the operation?



How? Updates to the dependancy database have to be downloaded and the

whole thing has to be analyzed.



>  2. Is it not possible to update the packages which has all the components,

> and leave out the ones which has deficiency of soft ware?



If you use yum, there's a plugin called "skip-broken" which might be

what you want. After installing it, use "yum --skip-broken update".

poc

"skip-broken" is not available.

here is the list:

Usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo, localupdate, resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache, upgrade, provides, shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update, repolist, groupupdate, info, search, check-update, list, remove, clean, grouperase >



Command line error: no such option: --skip-broken

[root@ramachandran ~]# yum --skip-broken update

Usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo, localupdate, resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache, upgrade, provides, shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update, repolist, 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

  -q, --quiet           quiet operation

  -v, --verbose         verbose operation

  -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

  --disableexcludes=[repo]

                        disable exclude from main, for a repo or for

                        everything

  --obsoletes           enable obsoletes processing during updates

  --noplugins           disable Yum plugins

  --nogpgcheck          disable gpg signature checking

  --disableplugin=[plugin]

                        disable plugins by name













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