On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 11:51, Michael A. Peters wrote: > On 10/28/2004 11:14:17 AM, D. D. Brierton wrote: > > Judging from recent discussions on this list, it seems that many are > > still confused about configuring their yum.conf files, and about all > > the > > different repositories out there. > > With the new /etc/yum.repos.d this will be less of an issue. > install a noarch rpm that puts the repo in /etc/yum.repos.d > > > I was wondering if there > > was > > something that could be done to yum itself (either the client program > > itself, or the format of yum repositories) to make this easier. > > Well, people could read the instructions. > But each repo having a simple noarch rpm that installs a single file in > repos.d will go a long way. > > > > 2. Yum repositories should be able to announce that they are > > dependent on other yum repositories: if I sign up to > > Livna.org > > I > > am then automatically signed up to Fedora.us. > > No. > livna specifically states you need fedora.us - and that's the way it > should be. Do not automagically add any repos. > > > 3. If 1. can be implemented, then I think the GPG key of the > > repository should automatically be installed > > No. a gpg key should be installed only by the system administrator. > What should happen is the Fedora base gpg key is installed at install, > and by default yum requires gpg key. > > Then when you add fedora.us and rpm.livna.org - installing packages via > yum will fail if you don't have the gpg key. But they should not be > auto installed. The info page for the repository should point to where > it is at. > > > > 4. I shouldn't need to alter my yum.conf when I upgrade to a new > > version of FC -- yum should determine which version of FC I > > am > > running > > It already has that capability. I don't remember if it uses it or not, > but yum has ability to get version info from /etc/redhat-release > > > 5. I should be able to subscribe to a repository from the > > command > > line without manually editing yum.conf (i.e. something like > > "yum > > subscribe rpm.livna.org"). > > I'm not a yum developer - but I am planning to sort of add this to yum > (as soon as I feel comfortable with python) by Elektrifying yum - so > that yum can use the elektra registry for repositories. > > But anyway - what you describe can already be done with current yum - > wget location/fc3/repo.conf && mv repo.conf /etc/yum.repos.d/ > > > 6. There should be some way of distinguishing between a > > repository > > that is part of Fedora Core, or Fedora Extras or Fedora > > Alternatives. Subscribing to a repository from Fedora > > Alternatives should warn the user of potential problems. > > Fedora Core should not show bias towards fedora.us repository. > However - I think it would be nice to warn when packages installed by > Fedora Core are set to be replaced by non Fedora Core packages. > > That though would require the vendor tag be used, that's the best way > to do that - through rpm and not yum - though yum would have to catch > rpm's warning and inform the user. > > In fact - that would be nice in general. > That would be a nice enhancement to rpm - a config file option to have > rpm reject updates to a package that are not from the same vendor, and > tie the gpg sig to the vendor. > > Can rpm do this now? So the yum.conf at fedora.org is OK? Tim...
