On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 22:30 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > > There is something I have forgotten or maybe I never really knew. How > > does the transfer of FC4 to the Legacy Project affect the ability to do > > a yum install or yum upgrade? > > I cannot confirm how it got there, but in my /etc/yum.repos.d directory I have > a fedora-legacy.repo file which contains > > [legacy-updates] > name=Fedora Legacy $releasever - $basearch - Updates > mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/legacy-updates-released-fc$releasever > enabled=0 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-legacy > > [legacy-testing] > name=Fedora Legacy $releasever - $basearch - Updates Testing > mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/legacy-updates-testing-fc$releasever > enabled=0 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-legacy > > Is this what is needed to activate "legacy" support. > > I must say my box is FC5 so I haven't worried about it too much.. I have the > normal repos online and these legacy repos disabled. > > cheers Chris > Look, I can't get any any answer from the fedora-legacy-list on this so I guess I am invisible. The legacy-updates-testing-fc$releasever for FC4 does not exist and the one for FC5 exists bit is empty. So how does one get legacy updates?
