"yum update" dependency error

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> >
> >   and this brings me back to my original question -- if i do a
> > "yum update" and just happen to catch a whole pile of new updates
> > which produce a dependency error somewhere, should i (or anyone
> > else) just casually mention it on this list as soon as it happens?
> >
> >   that dependency error might, of course, just be due to mirrors
> > that haven't caught up yet, but it might also be a real problem
> > that no one had noticed.
> >
> >   personally, i'm still tempted to post and point it out, but i'm
> > willing to be dissuaded if others think it's inappropriate.
>
> Every rawhide report has at the end a list of known dependency
> issues for that day. Maintainers of these packages are automatically
> notified of the issues and don't need a additional mail. However if
> you find problems not already being reported by the daily check,
> feel free to do so.

ok, that's clearly the correct answer, thanks.

rday
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