WipeOut said:
I agree that this scenario is possible but (and I may be wrong)
aren't
most scripting languages usually backwards compatible in that a script
created for an older version of the scripting language would usually
still run on the newer vertsion..
As I said, an example. Looking at the Rawhide yum changelog:
- patch to work with python 2.3 from Seth
So maybe it was a yum issue, not a python issue. You still get the same
result: a broken yum.
Another example would be any incompatable change with glibc because that
would kill rpm.
This is the point, to try and get to a point where the chances of
ending
up with pieces is far less likely since the people in the know have
tried to avoid a situation that would cause the system to break from an
inplace upgrade using YUM or similar..
I don't disagree that the problem can be lessened, just that in some cases
it may unavoidable.
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William Hooper