Re: why doesn't yum just exec /usr/bin/rpm?

"Konstantin Ryabitsev" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.rpm.yum
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On 4/9/07, Neil Harkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi. I did an strace on yum in hopes of seeing the rpm args it uses
> in certain cases, but apparently it uses python libs that do the rpm foo,
> instead of exec'ing /usr/bin/rpm. Could someone please explain the
> reasoning for that decision?

Rpm-python libs provide a far more complete API than command-line
switches, so I'm guessing that would fall under "common sense."

Regards,
-- 
Konstantin Ryabitsev
Montréal, Québec

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