Re: yum prob on lappy

On Tuesday 31 October 2006 10:49, McBroom, Robert C wrote:
Gene
Glad Craig got you on your way.

Had to find this because I had just done it and couldn't remember the
details. The updated repos are sent with the distribution so all you
have to do is fetch the file

fedora-release-6-4.noarch.rpm

Form a source such as
<http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/Fedor
a/RPMS/fedora-release-6-4.noarch.rpm>

I did, looked at it with mc which can open rpms, and it didn't have a
yum.repos.d subdir tree in the /etc branch. It was at that point I
started wondering just what the apparent secrecy was all about, and
started asking questions here. Oh, wait, that was yum-6.4.noarch I was
looking at I think. Frankly, haveing it in the above release file may
have good and valid reasons, but it doesn't make a millicent of sense when
you are trying to fix a "yum" problem.

IMNSHO, the yum distributed WITH the particular fedora core release, really
ought to come as an all in one package, or at worst, a seperate package
named yum-repos-FC5.noarch.rpm. Hideing it in a package that has no hint
of being yum related seems like an open invite for somebody like me to
screw it all up, which I royally did. And I don't believe I'm alone in
this camp, aptly named confusion, located at 201143 clueless avenue,
anytown, the world.

It will update the yum.repos.d file with the updates as xxx.repo.rpmnew.
From there you can make your fixes as you like them.

Robert McBroom

Many thanks for the heads up Robert, this is also much appreciated.

--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
message by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.

--
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Relevant Pages