At least if the user is not experienced and just copied his yum.conf and does not know what all implies.
Which I did not....
I just guessed the original poster did not know about what he really set up. So I asked him.
I was totally clueless; however, the questions asked went to great lengths in helping me begin to understand...
I'm not trying to take sides. I'm simply stating that Alexander was extremely helpful. I appreciate everybody's input...