PackageKit: how to see the back-end logs?

[enclair]

Hi,

PackageKit uses yum as a back-end.

Is it possible to view the full logs of what yum has done through packagekit?

I ask this, because if you update your packages, and if a configuration file cannot be automatically merged, you will have two configuration files: /etc/config.rpmnew (or .rpmsav, I don't remember) and /etc/config.

If you've updated using:

yum update

then yum will tell you that you should edit a config file.

But I'm not sure whether packagekit will warn or not.

Answer only if you understand and if you know, please.

[giulix]

To that end, /var/log/yum.log should tell you what you need to know

[enclair]

Originally Posted by giulix

To that end, /var/log/yum.log should tell you what you need to know

No, it doesn't (Fedora 12).

You can test it: install or upgrade with PackageKit.
You will see what you've done in System > Software log, but not in /var/log/yum.log

Besides, I'd really want to see the live outputs of the backend currently used (not only the logs).