--- "Paul W. Frields" paul@frields.com wrote:
The correct fix - I think, is to change the
process with which
ftp.redhat.com is updated.
While I completely agree that the proximate cause is on the server side, this doesn't help the casual user who suddenly ends up with a broken box, where packages are suddenly missing and the dependency tree is now broken. Fixing the client to use a little bit of common sense to avoid disaster is also a good idea, especially since it involves a minimum of fuss.
I agree. up2date needs to do enough sanity checking so that if it gets bogus RPMS, headers, etc., it can do something intelligent like tell the user that something is wrong at the server end--so that they can complain to Red Hat sooner. :) Having up2date mysteriously hang and/or spew inscrutable tracebacks (that only appear if one launches up2date from a terminal) just makes problems harder to resolve.
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