yum - lack of features

[John Summerfied]

Matthew Miller wrote:
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>>2) Can't force a package to install if there are some minor dependencies
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> A.k.a "doesn't let you break your system". :)

For some packages, some dependencies don't matter for some uses. An 
imaginary example, Mozilla could 'require shockwave-player-plugin,' but 
if it's not present it will happily work and not provide the ability to 
play shockwave.

Debian has a graded system of dependencies to express this. 
postgresql-server requires postgresql-common (perhaps) but merely 
suggests postgresql-documentation.




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