On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:59:02 -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote:
> I took a look at
>
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/redhat/9/i386/yum/stable/RPMS/.
>
> Were those packages created for RH 9 or for Fedora XX? I thought all the
> fedora stuff was to support the fedora core? However, the numbering on the
> packages could lead one to think that they are created for RH 9.
*Please* take a look at the main page of http://fedora.us and what it says
near the top. http://fedora.us was using the name "fedora" _before_
the Fedora Project. It started as "Fedora Linux" an add-ons project
for Red Hat Linux. http://www.fedora.us/fedora-merge.html
Let's take a closer look at your URL from above (I think there's
a table somewhere explaining the structure, too):
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/redhat/9/i386/yum/stable/RPMS/.
http://mirrors.kernel.org/
=> this is a server mirroring several other serves
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/
=> this is a mirror of http://download.fedora.us
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/
=> this second "fedora" directory has nothing to do with "Fedora Core"
=> it is just a top directory at the master site
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/redhat/
=> this is the root directory of the add-ons for Red Hat Linux
The root directory of the add-ons for Fedora Core would be:
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/redhat/9/
=> this is the root of the add-ons for Red Hat Linux 9
In it you find
RPMS.os : Red Hat Linux 9
RPMS.updates : Red Hat Linux 9 Errata
+ Fedora Legacy Updates for Red Hat Linux 9
RPMS.updates-testing : -not used with Red Hat Linux -
RPMS.stable : Extras for Red Hat Linux 9
RPMS.testing : Extras for Red Hat Linux 9
RPMS.unstable : Extras for Red Hat Linux 9
and the same for source rpms.
> In any event, I think I will leave them out for a while until I get a little
> better feel for fedora-legacy. I noticed that the rpms for chkrootkit and
> leafnode are not current. I suspect that will probably be the case for the
> extras I have installed for original sources.
leafnode : 1.9.53 is in the publish queue
chkrootkit : 0.43 is latest release