Re: RPM: Random Package Manglement

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Denny writes:
> Installing...
>    1:mysql                  warning: /etc/my.cnf created as /etc/my.cnf.rpmnew
> ########################################### [100%]
>    2:perl-DBD-MySQL         ########################################### [100%]
> The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:
> 
> Name                                    Version        Release
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> mysql                                   4.1.20         1.RHEL4.1

Wow.  I particularly hate how it says "by the way, I've just broken your
system; was that OK?" rather than "here's what I'm about to downgrade;
would that be OK?".

Really, though.  How does software like that escape into the wild?

-- 
Aaron Crane

• RPM: Random Package Manglement Denny 15:32 on 07 Mar 2007
  • Re: RPM: Random Package Manglement Aaron Crane 16:10 on 07 Mar 2007
  • Martin Ebourne 16:42 on 07 Mar 2007
  • imacat 16:59 on 07 Mar 2007
    • Martin Ebourne 17:15 on 07 Mar 2007
    • jrodman 17:18 on 07 Mar 2007
    • imacat 17:28 on 07 Mar 2007
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