'yum --enablerepo' command (Newbie).

[Brian Durant]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> Brian Durant wrote:
> 
>>1) Where is the file located that you add repositories to?
> 
> 
> As mentioned, you usually put per-repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d, but
> most repositories will have RPMs you can install that will put the right
> file in the right place for you.
> 
> 
>>2) If I stumble across or find a FAQ about how to get "x" eller "y" lib, 
>>program, etc. can I follow those instructions and let yum sort out whether a 
>>ppc or ppc64 version is available, or do I have to specify some sort
>>of syntax when adding repositories so that yum can sort out if there
>>is ppc or ppc64 version?
> 
> 
> Usually, the repo file will include lines somewhat like
> baseurl=http://distro.example.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
> and yum knows to replace $basearch with the appropriate architecture.
> 
> 
>>These questions are very important for ppc users as there doesn't seem
>>to be a lot of FAQ's, HowTo's, etc. that are specifica to FC5 and the
>>ppc platform. A typical question in this area is exactly, as was
>>mentioned by another poster to my thread:
> 
> 
> These particular questions are ones that x86-64 users have to deal with,
> too.
> 
> As far as I can see, there are only three areas where Power/PowerPC
> users could experience problems that won't apply equally to x86 or
> x86-64:
> 
>  * There is some very unusual hardware that Fedora on Power supports
>    (largely because RHEL supports it), some of which needs unusual
>    handling;
> 
>  * Power and PowerPC have different firmware interfaces, different
>    partitioning formats, and different software for talking to those
>    interfaces (yaboot, etc.)
> 
>  * Not all third-party repos or closed source software supports Linux on
>    Power. *Most* open-source software should simply be able to be
>    recompiled, but you might not get the advantages of yum updates.
> 
> Apart from that, there really are very few differences -- which is not
> too surprising, given the history of Unix and open source.
> 
> James.

Thanks for the info. I am still unsure about whether yum sorts out 
itself about ppc and/or ppc64 packages being installed from the 
repository and not packages for another platform.

Cheers,

Brian