Hello all. >> >> However, I want to do a manual yum install of a package and >> I don't see a "test" option in the man page, similar to the >> rpm --test option - an option I relied on heavily to keep >> from shooting myself in the foot. >> >> Is there a way to do a "test" with yum? So far google hasn't >> helped, or I'm not looking in the right places.
You could use yum-tsflags yum plugin which allows passing arbitary flags to RPM transaction. 1) Install it: yum install yum-tsflags 2) Enable it: in /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/tsflags.conf 3) Example usage: # rpm -q xsane package xsane is not installed # yum --tsflags="test" install xsane ... Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): xsane-0.92-13.i386 100% |=========================| 1.3 MB 00:00 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installed: xsane.i386 0:0.92-13 Complete! # rpm -q xsane package xsane is not installed The above is equivalent to using --test on rpm command line. Best Regards Jarek __ ------------------------------------------------------- _ Jaroslaw_Polok ___________________ CERN - IT/FIO/LA _ _ http://home.cern.ch/~jpolok ___ tel_+41_22_767_1834 _ _____________________________________ +41_78_792_0795 _
