what has 'yum update' done?

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:27:43AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> When I'm asked by debian (dpkg) what I want to do in the face of a
> config file change, I'm not in a great position to deal with it (my
> system is in a halfway state and out of production).  The tools they
> give for dealing with it are not that useful (although I could not do
> better).  Dealing with this before the upgrade is initiated might work.
> Fedora's fire and forget updates are better.

Well, "fire and notify" might be even better.

> Another version of this: the RPM guidelines say that package
> installation should NOT be interactive.  This turns out to be a win.

Absolutely.

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