On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:24:15 -0600, Gerry Tool <gstool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I did a fresh anaconda install of FC3 and an anaconda update of FC2 -> > FC3. The fresh install installed the after-install updates properly > using 'yum update'. > > The updated FC2 -> FC3 did nothing when I executed 'yum update'. I > discovered that the update install left me with the FC2 yum.conf in > place, so I copied the one from the fresh install and 'yum update' then > worked just fine. I would have expected the yum.conf to be replaced > with one that would work with the updated FC3 during the anaconda install. > > Question: How can I add .repo files to /etc/yum.repo.d to access the > livna and Fedora US repositories with the new yum? I tried copying a > section of the FC2 yum.conf file into a file and placing it in the > directory, but it failed with > > Trying other mirror. > Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: fedora-stable > failure: repodata/repomd.xml from fedora-stable: [Errno 256] No more > mirrors to try. > > There is probably a document somewhere that I don't know about telling > how to do this. > > Thanks. > > Gerry Tool > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Have you tried the one at http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf I heard this was good. I still had some problems with FC1 with it but I think that was b/c it was more up to date than the OS version. At least it gives you a lot of choices to play with. Haven't tried it with 3 so I can't comment. HTH Marc
