--- "Paul W. Frields" <paul(a)frields.com> wrote:
>
> The correct fix - I think, is to change the
process with which
>
ftp.redhat.com is updated.
While I completely agree that the proximate cause is
on the server side,
this doesn't help the casual user who suddenly ends
up with a broken
box, where packages are suddenly missing and the
dependency tree is now
broken. Fixing the client to use a little bit of
common sense to avoid
disaster is also a good idea, especially since it
involves a minimum of
fuss.
I agree. up2date needs to do enough sanity checking so
that if it gets bogus RPMS, headers, etc., it can do
something intelligent like tell the user that
something is wrong at the server end--so that they can
complain to Red Hat sooner. :) Having up2date
mysteriously hang and/or spew inscrutable tracebacks
(that only appear if one launches up2date from a
terminal) just makes problems harder to resolve.
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