fedora Everything repom file broken

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Fri Jul 20 09:30:49 EDT 2007


Why would you want to do that? The packages that were housed in Extras
are now compiled for F-7 and housed in Everything. This idea of yours
makes no sense.

Janina

Jude DaShiell writes:
> I preserved the instructions I followed to create this error.  Anyone 
> wishing to check my work can do so by following the following 
> instructions.
> Cut here.
> 
> As of Fedora 7 there is no Fedora Extras anymore, because it has merged
> with Fedora Core into the "Everything" package collection.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Fedora Extras for Fedora 3 to 6
> ===============================
> 
> To use this repository in yum add a file in your /etc/yum.repos.d dir with 
> these contents:
> 
> [extras]
> name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
> baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
> 
> [extras-debug]
> name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch - Debugging packages
> baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
> enabled=0
> 
> 
> You will also want to make sure you've imported this:
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
> 
> key into your rpm database. Use this command:
> 
> rpm --import http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
> 
> 
> Reporting Bugs:
> When you find a problem you should file reports or rfe's at:
> 
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com
> 
> Requesting new packages: If there's something you'd like to suggest to be
> packaged or if you'd like to offer to package something, email:
> fedora-extras-list at redhat.com
> 
> 
> For all the latest info on Fedora Extras see:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras
> 
> 
> Cut here.
> 
> 
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