On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 20:49, William Hooper wrote: > D. D. Brierton said: > > Excellent. So all I do is add rpm.livna.org to yum.conf and yum > > automagically takes care of the rest? > > Umm, no. "point it to a text file of repos and it randomly picks one", > just like up2date. For example: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc2 I think we're talking past each other. What I was trying to ask was whether when I upgrade to the next version of yum my current yum.conf will suffice to use mirrors, or whether I have to re-do my yum.conf all over again in order to take advantage of this new functionality. If the latter, then that seems a shame as (a) lots of people won't alter their yum.conf files and the problems will persist of people mailing the list asking why yum is so slow; (b) it just seems that this functionality could just be part of yum's default behaviour. > >> Of course it would be nice to decide what those terms mean and to what > >> repos they apply first. > > > > I thought that was fairly clear: > > The concept if fairly clear, but I have yet to see any repo labeled any of > those in the real world, Well, except for Fedora Core itself! But I know what you mean. But if yum-arch insisted that yum repositories specified whether they were Extras or Alternatives do you think any of the repository owners would have difficulty giving the correct answer? Best, Darren -- ===================================================================== D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) =====================================================================
