Re: RPM: Random Package Manglement

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From: Martin Ebourne
Subject: Re: RPM: Random Package Manglement
Date: 16:42 on 07 Mar 2007
Denny <denny@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> [root@d01-olg ~]# up2date perl-DBD-MySQL
>
> Fetching rpm headers...
> ########################################
>
> Name                                    Version        Rel
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> perl-DBD-MySQL                          2.9004         3.1
>
> Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
>
> Downloading headers to solve dependencies...
> ########################################
> perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9004-3.1.i ########################## Done.
> mysql-4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1.i386 ########################## Done.
> Preparing              ########################################### [100%]
>
> Installing...
>    1:mysql                  warning: /etc/my.cnf created as
> /etc/my.cnf.rpmnew
> ########################################### [100%]
>    2:perl-DBD-MySQL        ########################################### [10=
0%]
> The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencie=
s:
>
> Name                                    Version        Release
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> mysql                                   4.1.20         1.RHEL4.1
>
>
> Wait, what?  You did /what/?!

Hey, you can't blame RPM for something up2date did.

Now up2date is demonstrably one of the worst package dependency =20
resolvers of all time (you just went a good way to demonstrating why) =20
and should be subjected to all the vitriol you can give it. Focus the =20
hate where it is most deserved.

Cheers,

Martin.

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