On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 11:41, Barbara Pennacchi wrote: > Hi, I have 3 questions about yum.conf (my version of yum is 2.0.7-3) > > 1) I've put 3 different servers in it, the nearest mirror first, then > fedoralegacy.org and fedora.us for last, but it looks like yum ignores the > order I put them in and tries to go to fedora.us first! (yum.conf > available upon request) You can set the failover order - read the manpage - look for roundrobin and priority. > 2) If I do a yum check-update, I see there are updates to, say, tcpdump > libpcap and arpwatch. But yum update alone ignores them. I have to specify > the name of the rpm I want to upgrade. Sometimes I have to try twice > before it gets the hint. (transcript available upon request as to not hog > the ML) If you can replicate this - file a bug at yum bugzilla about it. I've not heard of this problem on yum 2.0.X, so far. > P.S: I've set the debug level in yum.conf to 2. To what level should I put > it as to see in the log something more about yum's almost-idiotic > behaviour for questions 1 and 2? debug level 2 is fine for normal runs. if you want to send more information you can run: yum -d number_greater_than_2 yourcommand -sv -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
