what has 'yum update' done?

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 07/14/2013 03:54 AM, lee wrote:
> "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 07/13/2013 06:51 PM, lee wrote:
>>> It's not simply about knowing which packages have been or are to be
>>> updated --- that I can see when running 'yum update'.  It's about
>>> information what has actually changed when a package was updated.
>>>
>>> For example, you would get a mail like this:
>>>
>>>
>>> ,----
>>> | From: root <root at yun.yagibdah.de>
>>> | Subject: apt-listchanges: news for yun
>>> | To: root at yun.yagibdah.de
>>> | Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:02:28 +0100
>>> |
>>> | tmux (1.7~svn2819-1) experimental; urgency=low
>>> |
>>> |   The server protocol version was changed from 6 to 7, we recommend that
>>> |   you close any open tmux sessions before proceeding with the upgrade.
>>> |
>>> |  -- Romain Francoise <rfrancoise at debian.org>  Wed, 30 May 2012 19:52:56 +0200
>>> |
>>> `----
>>>
>> This sounds like an awesome idea!....Hmm....I wonder if this could
>> tie-in with Seth Vidal having something named after him?..(a,k,a,
>> whatever they come up with to actually DO this...could be named after
>> Seth!?)....just a thought...
> Something like 'yum-seth-plugin', sending you messages with a subject
> like "Seth reminds you: <package-name>", and make yum depend on it?
>
>
EXACTLY! Lee!.....that sounds PERFECT!. Ok...so who do you have to call 
to get this done!? (Its times like THIS when I wish I knew how to write 
code and scripts and stuff...but I'm still a fledgling Linux person!..LOL!)


EGO II