On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 20:11 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 19:30 -0400, Devon Harding wrote: > >> Is this package still available? I'm running FC3 and when I run 'yum > >> install proftpd', I get: > >> > >> Setting up Install Process > >> Setting up Repos > >> base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB > >> 00:00 > >> updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B > >> 00:00 > >> Reading repository metadata in from local files > >> base : ################################################## > >> 2622/2622 > >> updates-re: ################################################## > >> 910/910 > >> Parsing package install arguments > >> No Match for argument: proftpd > >> Nothing to do > > ---- > > that would be the message that you get for any package new/update for > > FC-3 until you install fedoralegacy repository as FC-3 has now gone EOL > > > > http://www.fedoralegacy.org/ > > > > The normal repositories for fedora core/extras no longer exists for FC-3 > > Huh? Redhat's site still has them[1], as do a few mirrors I checked. > If the repositories were gone, yum would spew an error, not just a no > match. > > I believe the message above is telling the OP that no match was found > for proftpd, which is correct. The package is in extras and that > doesn't appear to be enabled. > > And AFAIK, Fedora Legacy doesn't update stuff from extras. An EOL policy for Extras hasn't yet been decided. In the meantime, some (but not all) Extras packagers are continuing to maintain their FC3 packages. I pushed a spamass-milter update yesterday for example. Instructions for configuring FC3 for Fedora Extras can be found at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/UsingExtras Paul.
