On 4/22/07, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Chris Tyler wrote: > On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:09:49 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Is the format of *.repo files (in /etc/yum.repos.d/) described >> anywhere? >> >> I'm wondering if one can have several databases for the same repo? >> And a mirrorlist as well? > > See 'man yum.conf' -- baseurl can have more than one URL and can be used > in conjunction with mirrorlist. Thanks. In excuse, I assumed that "man yum.conf" deals solely with yum.conf . I should have thought description of the format of *.repo files would come under "man yum" - or there should at least be a pointer there to the location of such a description. A good "yum FAQ" would be useful - advising on the steps to take if yum fails, for various reasons (dependency conflicts, etc).
Conflicts! If you use just the "official" or "approved" repositories like a good FC user should there should not be any or wait a day for the mirrors to sync. ;-) Documentation: Have you tried: http://www.linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/ and http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_HOWTO/yum_HOWTO/yum_HOWTO.html#toc1
-- Timothy Murphy