Re: reading installonlypkgs config option?

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 11:26 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> Background: I have hunch that the weird behavior where $1 == 0 in rpm
> scripts on *upgrade* in some cases (causing all sorts of brokenness when it
> happens) is related to transactions which involve kernel upgrades, and
> specifically because those transactions involve installonlypkgs.
> 
> To help test this theory and also as a workaround in case I'm right, I'd
> like to change our auto-update cron script to run `yum update
> {installonlypkgs}` before the general `yum update` command. I could of
> course hardcode a list of things for {installonlypkgs}, but it seemed nicer
> to query for it.
> 
> Is there a particular reason the yum shell 'config' command only accepts a
> certain subset of config values? Could "installonlypkgs" be added to that
> list? That'd be handy.
> 
> Or, is there some other way I'm missing? Thanks!

there's no reason. the ones implemented were the ones that seemed most
likely to be needed.

-sv