Bug 61601 - anaconda does not provide method to skip bad package
Summary: anaconda does not provide method to skip bad package
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Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-03-22 00:10 UTC by Joseph Kotran
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:41 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-03-22 19:53:44 UTC
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Description Joseph Kotran 2002-03-22 00:10:43 UTC
Description of Problem: anaconda does not provide a method to skip a bad package
once the package have begun to be installed


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): UNKNOWN (Red Hat
7.2.92)


How Reproducible: every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Corrupt a RPM package in /RedHat/RPMS at your install source
2. Perform an install of Red Hat 7.2.92
3. Be sure the package you corrupted is included in the list of packages to be
installed

Actual Results: Anaconda returns a dialog that states the corrupted package is
missing or corrupted.  The only option is to select OK to continue.  Anaconda
then tries to install the package again.


Expected Results: The user should be able to skip bad packages.  Please add a
skip function.


Additional Information: I discovered this behavior by mistake.  I accidentally
corrupted a package via a bad file copy.  It may not make sense to skip bad
packages.  For example if the package was the system kernel it would not make
sense to skip it.  I am not sure how best to address this behavior.

Regards,

Joe

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-03-22 21:51:16 UTC
Neither am I ;)  The semantics of what to do in this case aren't at all obvious.
 Deferring for now.


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