yum update server

[Graeme Nichols]

On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 02:35, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Graeme Nichols wrote:
> > Hello Folks,
> > 
> > Could someone tell me if the following server (the default in the
> > yum.conf file when yum is installed on my RH8 system) is the best for
> > updating etc. my RH8 system 'cos it doesn't seem to work. The error
> > message is to the effect that it cannot find it.
> > 
> > http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/
> 
> That's not correct.  If you want to update RH8 (which DOESN'T use yum by
> default), you need to find a mirror of the Fedora Legacy project (8.0 is
> not being maintained by Red Hat any longer).
> 
> A valid yum mirror for current RH8.0 updates would be:
> 
> http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
> 
> See http://www.fedoralegacy.org for details.

Thanks Rick, I have only just installed yum and I guessed the default
server was not correct. I only want yum to update/install new versions
of particular programs I need for specific purposes.

RH8 has been really reliable for me and I find it comfortable to use. I
can see no real reason to update it from a usability point of view but I
know that eventually I will have to bite the bullet. The constant flow
of new releases of RH/FC I find a real PITB. Four in the last 18-24
months. Worse than Windows.:-) No sooner bed one down than you have a
new release to contend with.

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Kind regards,

Graeme Nichols

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