Re: Is mixing yum repos ok?

From: Robin Laing (Robin.Laing_at_drdc-rddc.gc.ca)
Date: 02/28/05

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    Lloyd Hayes wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>> How safe/dangerous is it to mix repos? I recently added the
    >>> kde-redhat to my yum config. Now I'm seeing updates for kde and Qt in
    >>> the kde-redhat repo, is it safe to apply them?
    >>
    >>
    >>
    > I'm not an expert, but I do know this one.
    >
    > You need to check with the repository. An example would be that
    > downloads from Fedora.US can not be mixed with FreshRPMs. This
    > information is posted on their websites, along with the repositories
    > that they can be mixed with. These 2 repositories place files required
    > files in different directories.
    >
    >

    I have had issues in the past between atrpms and other repositories so
    I don't use atrpms anymore. 

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