On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:16:38 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 22:53 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > > > > The most popular repositories are already entered into the smart > > > > configuration files. The release version is set for FC3. A user just needs > > > > to uncomment the disabled ones to get the desired setup. So why would > > > > anyone point smart at FC2 repos? > > > > > > For the same reason that the OP's FC3 system is looking at FC2 repos, an > > > accident. Or not realizing that it didn't get updated after you did an > > > upgrade. Take a look at the archives, it isn't an uncommon problem. > > > > > > -- > > > William Hooper > > > > > > > Those are typically yum or apt users upgrading from previous versions. > > Majority of posters are not aware of smart. > > You're missing the point. At some time, someone, for whatever reason > (e.g. upgrade from FC3 to FC4 but forget to update repos in smart > config) will point smart at a set of repos for an older distribution. > The question is: what will happen as a result of that? Hopefully nothing > too bad! > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > A good reason why the release version should not be hard -coded in the config files.
