Justin Georgeson wrote: >> So yum doesn't care anymore about yum.conf and only uses >> /etc/yum.repo.d/*.repo files? > > It still uses yum.conf. Does it look at repositories listed in yum.conf , or does it just read it for settings? > But the .repo files simplifies things. > Maintainers can now put together a -release package with their GPG key > and all the .repo files, so you just install the -release package and > go, rather than download and install the key and manually enter the > repo info in a monolithic yum.conf. Freshrpms has already released a > freshrpms-release package like this. I didn't understand this. Could you just say exactly what commands you gave, and perhaps the content of one of your yum.repos.d files ? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland