Bodhi should recommend using yum-security's --advisory switch to test testing updates

[Kevin Kofler]

Hi,

in its Bugzilla comments for the bugs related to:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-14137

Bodhi suggested to upgrade using the following monster command:

su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kde-workspace-4.9.1-5.fc17
akonadi-1.8.0-1.fc17 analitza-4.9.1-1.fc17 ark-4.9.1-1.fc17
audiocd-kio-4.9.1-1.fc17 blinken-4.9.1-1.fc17 calligra-2.5.2-1.fc17
calligra-l10n-2.5.2-1.fc17 cantor-4.9.1-1.fc17 digikam-2.9.0-1.fc17
dragon-4.9.1-1.fc17 filelight-4.9.1-1.fc17 gwenview-4.9.1-1.fc17
jovie-4.9.1-1.fc17 juk-4.9.1-1.fc17 kaccessible-4.9.1-1.fc17
kactivities-4.9.1-1.fc17 kalgebra-4.9.1-1.fc17 kalzium-4.9.1-1.fc17
kamera-4.9.1-1.fc17 kamoso-2.0.2-5.fc17 kanagram-4.9.1-1.fc17 kate-4.9.1-1.fc17
kbruch-4.9.1-1.fc17 kcalc-4.9.1-1.fc17 kcharselect-4.9.1-1.fc17
kcolorchooser-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdeaccessibility-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdeadmin-4.9.1-1.fc17
kdeartwork-4.9.1-1.fc17 kde-base-artwork-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdebindings-4.9.1-1.fc17
kdeedu-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdegraphics-mobipocket-4.9.1-1.fc17
kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdegraphics-thumbnailers-4.9.1-1.fc17
kde-l10n-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdelibs3-3.5.10-38.fc17 kdemultimedia-4.9.1-1.fc17
kdenetwork-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdepim-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdepim-runtime-4.9.1-1.fc17
kdeplasma-addons-4.9.1-1.fc17 kde-printer-applet-4.9.1-1.fc17
kde-runtime-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdesdk-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdetoys-4.9.1-1.fc17
kdeutils-4.9.1-1.fc17 kdevelop-4.3.1-2.fc17 kde-wallpapers-4.9.1-1.fc17
kdf-4.9.1-1.fc17 kfloppy-4.9.1-1.fc17 kgamma-4.9.1-1.fc17
kgeography-4.9.1-1.fc17 kgpg-4.9.1-1.fc17 khangman-4.9.1-1.fc17
kig-4.9.1-1.fc17 kimono-4.9.1-1.fc17 kiten-4.9.1-1.fc17 klettres-4.9.1-1.fc17
kmag-4.9.1-1.fc17 kmix-4.9.1-1.fc17 kmousetool-4.9.1-1.fc17 kmouth-4.9.1-1.fc17
kmplot-4.9.1-1.fc17 kolourpaint-4.9.1-1.fc17 konsole-4.9.1-1.fc17
kphotoalbum-4.2-4.fc17 kremotecontrol-4.9.1-1.fc17
kross-interpreters-4.9.1-1.fc17 kruler-4.9.1-1.fc17 ksaneplugin-4.9.1-1.fc17
kscd-4.9.1-1.fc17 ksnapshot-4.9.1-1.fc17 kstars-4.9.1-1.fc17
ktimer-4.9.1-1.fc17 ktorrent-4.3.0-1.fc17 ktouch-4.9.1-1.fc17
kturtle-4.9.1-1.fc17 kwallet-4.9.1-1.fc17 kwebkitpart-1.3-0.1.20120726git.fc17
kwordquiz-4.9.1-1.fc17 libkcddb-4.9.1-1.fc17 libkcompactdisc-4.9.1-1.fc17
libkdcraw-4.9.1-1.fc17 libkdeedu-4.9.1-1.fc17 libkexiv2-4.9.1-1.fc17
libkgapi-0.4.2-1.fc17 libkipi-4.9.1-1.fc17 libkolab-0.3.1-3.fc17
libkolabxml-0.8.1-2.fc17 libksane-4.9.1-1.fc17 libktorrent-1.3.0-1.fc17
marble-4.9.1-1.fc17 nepomuk-core-4.9.1-1.fc17 okular-4.9.1-1.fc17
oxygen-icon-theme-4.9.1-1.fc17 pairs-4.9.1-1.fc17 parley-4.9.1-1.fc17
pykde4-4.9.1-1.fc17 qtcurve-kde4-1.8.14-1.fc17 qwt-5.2.2-6.fc17
qyoto-4.9.1-1.fc17 rocs-4.9.1-1.fc17 ruby-korundum-4.9.1-1.fc17
ruby-qt-4.9.1-1.fc17 smokegen-4.9.1-1.fc17 smokekde-4.9.1-1.fc17
smokeqt-4.9.1-1.fc17 soprano-2.8.0-4.fc17 step-4.9.1-1.fc17
superkaramba-4.9.1-1.fc17 svgpart-4.9.1-1.fc17 sweeper-4.9.1-1.fc17
kde-baseapps-4.9.1-2.fc17 plasma-mobile-0.3-6.20120810git.fc17
share-like-connect-0.2-4.fc17 kdelibs-4.9.1-4.fc17 kdepimlibs-4.9.1-3.fc17'


This is broken in several ways:

1. It is too long. It does not even fit into a Bugzilla line.

2. It does not take subpackages into account. Bodhi only knows about source
packages, but to be sure you upgrade everything, you have to list all the
binary packages including subpackages. (Things are often held in lockstep
through versioned Requires, but not always. There isn't always a dependency
relation in either direction between main package and subpackages.)

3. If the user did not have some of the packages in the group installed,
explicitly listing them installs them, which is usually not what the user
wants.


Thankfully, there is a much more effective way to pull in a given testing
update:

yum install yum-security
yum --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2012-14137 update

While strictly-speaking yum-security is intended only for security updates,
it works just fine for any other kind of updates as well. So can we please
use it to make Bodhi's suggestions more helpful?

        Kevin Kofler