Archive Searches - Suggested Approaches

[James Wilkinson]

David Curry wrote:
> 1.  "Google is your friend" is the single most helpful bit of advice 
> offered to me as a fedora newbie. 
> 
> Googling fedora issues almost invariable returns multiple hits.  Of 
> course, one's google search criterion/criteria are important here and 
> multiple attempts on keyword variations may be needed.  One particularly 
> helpful way to narrow the search (offered by Paul Haworth) is to include 
> mailing list name in the search crieteria.  Some examples:
> fedora-list + "boot hang"
> fedora-config-list + pup

Another one is to include
site:redhat.com 
which will search the main archives. It will include fedora-test-list
and fedora-devel-list (testers or developers are likely to come across
problems before you do), the RHEL lists, and the old Red Hat lists.

Hope this helps,

James.

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