On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:11:58 -0400, Clint Harshaw wrote: >>>I have a backup copy of my old yum.conf saved using this: >>> >>># cp /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum_prelegacy.conf I did cd /etc and then mv yum.conf yum.conf.vtedu -- which will tell me more when I forget it and look .... I hope the effect is the same. >>>I'll keep poking at this sample yum.conf and will keep the list updated >>>with how it's going. If there are others interested in helping develop >>>it, feel free to experiment and post what you find! >> >> >> OK : the thread has ended there for more like a month than a week. So >> is it all right to take over now? And is that last commented line with >> "#cp ..." to be added into the taken over stuff?? (If so, where?) Or >> just done once before taking over your kind work? > > I've been using it without problems to maintain my FC1 system at the > office. The # was to indicate that I had done this at a root prompt -- > not a comment. You need to be root to change your yum.conf while in > /etc/ > > I've got a copy of it saved at this url: > http://penguinsolutions.org/fedora/yum.conf > > Hack at the repo mirrors to select ones that are close to you, and have > a go at it. The location for the repo mirrors are in the comments of the > yum.conf. Got it -- and since I'm in Western VA, the closest to you are also the closest to me; I didn't even need to do that last step. Running it got me a huge wad of stuff scrolling by (dunno why so much), followed by : ===== I will do the following: [update: cups 1:1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i386] [update: glut 3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386] [update: cups-libs 1:1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i386] [update: perl-DateManip 5.42-0.fdr.2.a.1.noarch] Is this ok [y/N]: ===== Telling it y got this : ===== Getting cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i386.rpm cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 0% | | 0 B --:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 3% | | 96 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 7% |= | 192 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 10% |== | 280 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 15% |=== | 384 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 18% |==== | 480 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 21% |===== | 552 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 23% |===== | 608 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 27% |====== | 696 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 31% |======= | 800 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 35% |======== | 904 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 38% |========= | 976 kB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 42% |========== | 1.1 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 44% |=========== | 1.1 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 47% |=========== | 1.2 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 50% |============ | 1.3 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 54% |============= | 1.4 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 57% |============== | 1.4 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 58% |============== | 1.5 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 59% |============== | 1.5 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 61% |=============== | 1.5 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 64% |================ | 1.6 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 66% |================ | 1.7 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 69% |================= | 1.7 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 72% |================== | 1.8 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 74% |================== | 1.9 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 77% |=================== | 1.9 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 80% |==================== | 2.0 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 84% |===================== | 2.1 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 87% |===================== | 2.2 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 91% |====================== | 2.3 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 95% |======================= | 2.4 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 95% |======================= | 2.4 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 97% |======================== | 2.4 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 99% |======================== | 2.5 MB 00:cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i 100% |=========================| 2.5 MB 00:11 Getting glut-3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386.rpm glut-3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386. 0% | | 0 B --:glut-3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386. 29% |======= | 24 kB 00:glut-3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386. 69% |================= | 56 kB 00:glut-3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386. 100% |=========================| 81 kB 00:00 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec Error: Could not find the GPG Key necessary to validate pkg /var/cache/yum/livna-stable/packages/glut-3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386.rpm Error: You may want to run yum clean or remove the file: /var/cache/yum/livna-stable/packages/glut-3.7-12.lvn.1.1.i386.rpm Error: You may also check that you have the correct GPG keys installed [root@localhost etc]# ===== I had done [root@localhost etc]# rpm --import http://www.fedoralegacy.org/FEDORA-LEGACY-GPG-KEY as you suggested; so I don't understand the GPG errors. I did yum clean : ===== [root@localhost etc]# yum clean Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 base Server: Fedora.us Extras (Stable) Server: Fedora Legacy utilities for Fedora Core 1 Server: Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable) Server: macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin Server: Fedora Core 1 updates Finding updated packages Cleaning packages and old headers [root@localhost etc]# ===== What is glut, anyway? And mainly: am I golden, copacetic, and generally ready to roll now? Shall I go do the same to my backup desktop? Oh and where do I post something to sing the praises of the fedoralegacy folks? That wad of stuff that scrolled by was *very* impressive .... -- Beartooth Autodidact, curmudgeonly codger learning linux Remember I know precious little of what I'm talking about!
