Re: upgrading from rh7.2 to 7.3 -- dependency problem

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 03:29:51PM -0400, Jef Spaleta wrote:
> so an algorithm you are looking to have is like this:
> 
> 1) select packages
> 2) find deps
> 3) if deps unresolved check for extra packages to fill deps...including
> 	missing files
> 4) download full list of packages
> 5) attempt to install
> 6) if there is a conflict with an upgrade package and an installed
> package...check the grab provides database to find appropriate upgrades
> for the packages invovled in the conflict....repeat to step 2 for the
> new packages

This sounds like a cross for how GRAB used to do dep resolution, and the new
method... The new version (1.0.4) will show you at dep check time if there are
any unresolved deps (where pre 1.0.4 it only showed in -v mode). 

I was really glad to get away from the way GRAB used to work (finding deps) to
do it more proactively (although it was really nice for dealing with rpmfind).
Maybe having an option for including post download dependancy checking as well
would be good...? It will be a good amount of coding, so lets all confirm this
is a good idea before I start...

Greg
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