Re: yum losing it´s flavour?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 9/23/06, anthony baldwin <anthonybaldwin at optonline.net> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
> > On 9/23/06, anthony baldwin <anthonybaldwin at optonline.net> wrote:
> >
> >>  I have to say...within the past week I have attempted several fresh
> >> installs of FC5,
> >> and everytime I run a yum update on anything, something breaks.
> >> What the heck is going on?
> >>
> >> I ha installed FC5 on the 80gb drive I had that just bought the farm in,
> >> hmmmm, July.
> >> I had updated everything, and the system was all happy and smiley until
> >> the hdd went last week.
> >> But now, suddenlym I can´t install and update FC5 without breaking
> >> stuff...
> >> I DLing Kubuntu right now...
> >> My work and my business  (document translation) depend on my computer,
> >> and this crap is costing
> >> me time, sleep, and money.
> >>
> >> I´ve been using RH or FC since RH7.1, and I´ve never had so much trouble
> >> just getting a system up and running.
> >>
> >> I don´t know...I still have some FC3 discs here, but I don´t want to go
> >> backwards.
> >> I don´t want to install FC5 and not be able to update stuff, even.  I
> >> like everything up to date.
> >> I´m getting headaches with all of this...
> >> Sounds like more of a rant than a support request or anything valid,
> >> hein?
> >> I have been all gushy and lovey about FC and RH for years...Suddenly, I
> >> don´t know.
> >> I mean, I´m not doing anything different than I have for the past
> >> several years...but I´m not
> >> getting the same happy results I´m used to getting.
> >>
> >> tony
> >
> >
> >
> > Why not download a respin and update that...lot less work.
>
>
> What´s a respin?

ISOs of fedora (or any distro) that contain a bunch of the updates
already in it, so you don't have to dload them seperately all over.

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