Re: Simplifying package installation.

[Justin Maurer <justin slashdot org>]

> and b) removing apps from the system db that a user's rpms need, since the 
> user installing an rpm can obviously check the system db, but not vice-versa. 
> this could be done with some separate suid program, though, couldn't it?

err, to elaborate, when a user installs their first rpm, a simple script could 
be run that says "tell the system db that this user also has their own db". of 
course, one could also just not bother with it at all, but something like this 
might be just a tad more elegant.

sorry for the barrage of messages

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