The comments below most definitely do not apply to @rpm5.org code,
only to code produced by @rpm.org.
Repackaging is on by default always, and the --rollback framework
is still very much in place in @rpm5.org code.
As for unreliable, that is an opinion from developers who do not
(and have not) used --rollback as in @rpm5.org.
However, please note that something called
Transactionally Protected Package Management
(TPPM for short) is actively under development and will significantly
change
how --rollback is implemented @rpm5.org over the next
couple of months.
So if you are looking to use --rollback then you may wish to consider
waiting for the description of TPPM.
73 de Jeff
On Nov 10, 2009, at 1:16 PM, manjunathan.pa...@wipro.com wrote:
Dear RPM5 team
We are considering use of RPM 5.x series as the packaging tool for
our system.
During evaluation of rpm we found the following information on
features such as repackage and rollback are not reliable and
should not used for generally/production use ?
Is this still the case in RPM 5.x series ?
---The release notes for RPM 4.6.0 contain
this:--
Removed features ¶
Support for repackage and rollback have been removed as they're seen
too unreliable to be generally useful.
Internal network transports have been removed. The remote fetch
capability is preserved by using an external, configurable helper
(curl by default). For network related configuration such as proxy
settings, environment variables like http_proxy are honored by curl,
rever to helper documentation for futher information.
Solve database support has been removed as it has proven
impractical, severely limited in functionality and hasn't been used
by any major distro in years. Plans are to replace the suggestion
mechanism by a more flexible plugin architecture at some point.
Support for automatic package relocation for IA-32 emulation layer
on IA-64 has been removed.
---
Appreciate your expert advice on this.
Thanks best regards,
Manjunathan Padua Y
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