yum repo

[Janina Sajka]

OK. I sent you my /etc/yum.repos.d/* in a tarball.

Jeremy R Schmidt writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Can you tell me what repos you use, or can you attach your .repo files in a 
> message to me?
> 
> My yum didn't appear to work, gave errors when I ran it.
> 
> Think my .repo files may have been old.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: yum repo
> 
> 
> > No, you're way off base.
> >
> > Extras is not for updates. There are separate repos for updates. Extras
> > are just that, extra rpms not part of Fedora base.
> >
> > You should have repos defined in /etc/yum.repos.d, unless your yum is
> > very old. Your first action, in any case, should be:
> >
> > yum upgrade yum
> >
> > In particular, be sure to put:
> > exclude=kernel kernel-smp kernel-doc
> >
> > in your /etc/yum.conf, or you'll be wondering what happened to your
> > Speakup Modified kernel.
> >
> >
> > he yum FAQ is at:
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
> >
> > Jeremy R Schmidt writes:
> >> Anyone know of a good yum repo to use?
> >> I'm going to try:
> >> ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/
> >>
> >> Is this all I need if I want to install updates?
> >> I'm using fc4, and my kernel is a 2.6.13.x (the speakup modified one).
> >> The url I mentioned above  appears to just be for extras, so wil I need 
> >> to
> >> use a different site?
> >>
> >> If so, any recommendations?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jeremy
> >>
> >>
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.240.715.1272
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org