[1407] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RPM package locking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger McCarty)
Mon Oct 28 11:04:49 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 07:52:53 -0800
From: Roger McCarty <mccartyr@interramp.com>
Reply-To: mccartyr@interramp.com
To: Mike Sangrey <mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us>, redhat-list@redhat.com
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Roger McCarty wrote:
> > Is it possible (I don't see it if it is) to *lock* a
> > package thus preventing it from inadvertent erasure?
Mike Sangrey wrote:
> On the other side, as with any system, having rings of authority can be
> beneficial. I think it needlessly encumbers rpm to have that sophistication
> here. Ummmmm...but I could be wrong -- I'm human ya know.
>
> Perhaps an rpm list of base packages might be handy. However, that does open
> up the ole worm cans. For example, is networking essential? Sometimes yes;
> sometimes no.
Yes, you are correct, and what I'm asking for is the have the rpm system
& database keep track of the base list for me. I simply install what I
consider
base packages & then run, say, rpm -LOCK 'rpm -qa'.
But, what I'm proposing is that *you*, as sysadmin have control over
what packages are *locked*. If you don't want to use the feature, you
don't, simple as that. Yes, I agree, I would hope that RedHat would NOT
get involved & *lock* things for me. In any case, I can simply do an
UNLOCK & then do whatever I want.
> I'd vote for leaving rpm lie in this regard.
Is they a vote in FAVOR of this feature out there?
Roger
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