Re: yum losing it´s flavour?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 9/23/06, Douglas Phillipson <douglas at intermind.net> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> How does this help with a yum problem?  Who want's to download ISO's for
> regular updates?  Am I missing something here?
>
> Doug P
>

There is currently no known major problem with yum.

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