Strange package dependency problem

[seth vidal]

On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 22:41 -0600, Richard Ayer III wrote:

> Maybe the answer to this problem would be a compromise. When yum needs to
> add some packages to meet dependencies it tells you which ones and asks if
> that is okay. If there were un-resolvable dependencies for some of the
> packages you ask yum for, couldn't it tell you so and ask you if you want to
> update the ones where the dependencies are met??
> 

so when run with -y which should it assume? that you're okay with the
broken deps not being fulfilled and that those packages will not be
updated OR that you want to err on the side of caution and not update
anything.

-sv