Re: Re: YUP and RPM dependencies

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After I heard about the YellowDog Update Program (YUP) from someone on

this

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list, I went and downloaded the RPM and installed it.  However, it ....
But, as a side note, I'm ecstatic that this sort of app is finally

out.. I

Ummm... this is a *developer* mailing list - but where, oh  where  is
the  good old Unix tradition of using the toolbox? Even if you do not
find a fancy tool with GUI and bells and whistles,  you  always  have
the toolbox right at your fingertips.
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In ten minutes you will have a script of about 100 lines  which  will
do  exactly  what you want... And as an additional benefit you can go
ecstatic that you have written it yourself, and you probably  learned
a few new things, too.

I realize this, but I was just wanting a package management tool like the
Debian distros ship with *without* having to write scripts such as this.
Unfortunately I have a job at which I work far too many hours and just
haven't the time.  I posted this to the dev list to make other developers
aware of the problem with YUP so it can be fixed -- I'd fix it myself, but
I 1) don't know Python at all, and 2) haven't the time to learn it.

Sorry if the post aggravated you.

Ummm... and BTW: is it really so difficult to  check  with  a  search
engine? I quich search at freshmeat for "update new RPM" shows

rhlupdate
   rhlupdate is a small configurable perl script that will connect to
   your favorite Red Hat site and update all of the RPMS you have
   installed. It also allows you to specify what packages not to
   upgrade.

It's there, you just have to look a bit around...

Again, sorry.  I didn't think to look because I figured it would have been
posted all over the list when such a tool was released -- afterall, I'm
sure many RedHat users get pretty tired of manually updating packages.

-j

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