Re: Package updater

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On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 06:03 -0400, ramachandranc1@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 7:37 am
> Subject: Re: Package updater
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> 2008/3/25  <ramachandranc1@xxxxxxx>:
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> >  When you apply updates,it takes lot of time (may be due my slow internet)
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> > to resolve the dependencies.
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> >  At the end of the day, you get a message that a prticular software is not
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> >  1. (Excuse me for my ignorance) Is it not possible to know which one is not
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> > available even before you start the operation?
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> How? Updates to the dependancy database have to be downloaded and the
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> whole thing has to be analyzed.
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> >  2. Is it not possible to update the packages which has all the components,
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> > and leave out the ones which has deficiency of soft ware?
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> If you use yum, there's a plugin called "skip-broken" which might be
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> what you want. After installing it, use "yum --skip-broken update".
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> poc
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> "skip-broken" is not available.

As I said, it's a plugin. That means you have to download it and install
it separately. 

yum install yum-skip-broken

poc


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