Re: why doesn't yum just exec /usr/bin/rpm?
"Konstantin Ryabitsev" <[email protected]>
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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 _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list [email protected] https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum