yum

[Mogens Kjaer]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
...
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-$releasever&arch=$basearch
>>
> I tried the above replacement. That is not a valid web address. What is
> wrong?

yum will replace $releasever with "5" and basearch with "i386" (or 
whatever), then the url will be:

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-5&arch=i386

This works as a valid web address.

Mogens

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