Re: Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 14:35 -0400, Kelly wrote:
Regardless of anything else, there really ought to be a way to mark a
package/set of packages as IMPORTANT and get yum/whatever to issue a
warning
("Warning: removing this component may break the system/prevent you
from
using GUI/whatever; are you sure you want to to do this?") if one of
these
important packages is marked for removal.
Your wishes are granted already!

[renich@renich ~]$ yum info yum-versionlock
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Packages
Name : yum-versionlock
Arch : noarch
Version: 1.1.1
Release: 1.fc7
Size : 7.2 k
Repo : extras-development
Summary: Yum plugin to lock specified packages from being updated
Description:
This plugin allows certain packages specified in a file to be protected
from being updated by
newer versions.

[renich@renich ~]$ yum info yum-protectbase
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Packages
Name : yum-protectbase
Arch : noarch
Version: 1.1.1
Release: 1.fc7
Size : 7.3 k
Repo : extras-development
Summary: Yum plugin to protect packages from certain repositories.
Description:
This plugin allows certain repositories to be protected. Packages in the
protected repositories can't be overridden by packages in non-protected
repositories even if the non-protected repo has a later version.

It's hard to be free... but I love to struggle!

Renich Bon Ciric
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

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