rhesa hates software: yum. uck. python. gack.

• From: Rhesa Rozendaal
  Date: 23:24 on 06 Nov 2005
  Subject: yum. uck. python. gack.
  
  	Clock on the server is off. so I type:
  
  [root@box:~]# yum install ntpd
  Setting up Install Process
  Setting up repositories
  update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
  base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
  addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
  extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
  Reading repository metadata in from local files
  Parsing package install arguments
  No Match for argument: ntpd
  Nothing to do
  
  	Did that have to take you 50 seconds? Sheesh.
  
  	Next attempt:
  
  [root@box:~]# yum search ntps
  
  	[sound of a slowly dripping faucet]
  
  	oh wait, typo, I meant ntpd. Hit ctrl+c.
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/bin/yum", line 4, in ?
       import yum
     File "__init__.py", line 36, in ?
     File "config.py", line 32, in ?
     File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/urlgrabber/__init__.py", line 53, in ?
       from grabber import urlgrab, urlopen, urlread
     File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 302, in ?
       import urllib2
     File "/usr/lib/python2.3/urllib2.py", line 103, in ?
       import sha
  KeyboardInterrupt
  
  	No kidding. Ubuntu wants python everywhere? Gimme a break.
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  	NAAAAH!!!
  
  
  

• From: Daniel Pittman
  Date: 23:39 on 06 Nov 2005
  Subject: Re: yum. uck. python. gack.
  
  Rhesa Rozendaal <rhesa@xxxxxx.xx> writes:
  
  > 	Clock on the server is off. so I type:
  >
  > [root@box:~]# yum install ntpd
  
  [...]
  
  > Nothing to do
  >
  > 	Did that have to take you 50 seconds? Sheesh.
  
  [...]
  
  > [root@box:~]# yum search ntps
  
  [...]
  
  > Traceback (most recent call last):
  >   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 4, in ?
  >     import yum
  >   File "__init__.py", line 36, in ?
  >   File "config.py", line 32, in ?
  >   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/urlgrabber/__init__.py", line 53, in ?
  >     from grabber import urlgrab, urlopen, urlread
  >   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 302, in ?
  >     import urllib2
  >   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/urllib2.py", line 103, in ?
  >     import sha
  > KeyboardInterrupt
  
  Ah, yum.  Have I mentioned that I hate it because it has no easy way to
  report what packages need updating for a script, rather than a human?
  
  I am spoiled by Debian and derivatives: they have people who /don't/
  want to spend time administering their computers do packaging.  It makes
  a nice change from RH derivatives where everything feels like it is half
  done by hand, and half done by programmers fighting off rabid monkeys.
  
  > No kidding. Ubuntu wants python everywhere? Gimme a break.
  
  Python, however, isn't responsible for the author of yum being filled
  with crack, and unable to handle errors nicely.
  
  It has plenty of hate, but that one isn't one of them.
     Daniel
  
  

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