yum version 2.1.9-1

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 12:45:34PM +0100, Paul Nasrat wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 12:43 +0200, Thomas Zehetbauer wrote:
> > On Die, 2004-10-19 at 19:15 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 00:49 +0200, Thomas Zehetbauer wrote:
> > > > yum-2.1.9 now downloads headers for packages to be updated before asking
> > > > if it is ok to proceed. Is this really necessary?
> > >
> > > Yes, B/c otherwise we cannot resolve dependencies.
> > 
> > I thought dependency resolution was done using repodata.
> 
> Yes and no.
> 
> Headers are downloaded in order to pack a transaction for ts.check(),
> currently rpm-python offers no way to generate headers, so the real
> thing is needed.

But if the decision of what to install can be made with only the
metadata, then why use headers? Just install the full rpms...

PS: I've missed the last developments of yum, but I thought the point of
metadata was to avoid the headers?

Regards,
Luciano Rocha