Re: RPM/YUM book and suggestions for the yum(8) man page
Andrew Ford <[email protected]>
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On 10/07/11 20:24, Andrew Ford wrote:
> As I posted back in April, I am writing a book for O'Reilly on RPM and
> YUM. The timescales have slipped somewhat due to the demands of the
> day job, but it is starting to come together. Apologies to those who
> volunteered to review the book - I will have something to look at soon
> now.
>
> While trying to get my head around everything to do with yum I
> realized that the man page is rather indigestible. It lists about 30
> different commands in no discernible order. One could organize the
> commands into three categories: (1) reporting (on packages, groups,
> repos and dependencies), (2) package installation, upgrade and
> removal, and (3) housekeeping and miscellaneous. I would be happy to
> modify the man page if people would like to get an idea of how it
> might be restructured.
I have put a formatted PDF of my modified version of the man page up at
https://portal.ford-mason.co.uk/yum.8-new.pdf
All I have done is added sections to group the commands and moved text
around.
Comments would be welcome.
Andrew
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