yum configuration question

[Tim Wunder]

Hi Kirk,

On 1/23/2004 3:01 PM, I believe that kgrauf at unmc.edu wrote:

> 
> Hi everybody,
> a while back on the list there was discussion of how folks were getting 
> updates for RH9 and fedora, I think Tim mentioned yum and how it worked 
> to get updates without continuing to fill out surveys for RH.  Is there 
> a how to on the web site that describes in detail the configuration file 
> for yum, or can someone explain it? What do I have to do beyond 
> installing the rpm file to get it working?  I have visited the 
> linux.duke.edu/projects/yum website. I would like to give it a try.
> 

Check these links out:
http://www.fedoranews.org/tchung/howto/2003-11-09-yum-intro.shtml
http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO

FWIW, my /etc/yum.conf file:
[main]
cachedir=/opt/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/opt/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch

#[updates-testing]
#name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates
#baseurl=http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/testing/fedora-core-$releasever
#baseurl=http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/testing/fedora-core-$releasever

[livna-stable]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable
gpgcheck=1

[livna-unstable]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable
gpgcheck=1

[livna-testing]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/testing
gpgcheck=1

[Fedora.us Stable]
name=Fedora.us Stable
baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/1/i386/yum/stable/

#[xfce4rpms]
#name=Fedora Compatible XFCE4 Packages
#baseurl=http://www.moongroup.com/yum-repository/fedora/linux/1/i686/xfce4rpms
#gpgcheck=1



HTH,
Tim