On Yellowdog Linux 3.0 -- more or less "out of the box": ===================================== $ yum info yum Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 YDLbase Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 YDLupdates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Looking in Available Packages: Looking in Installed Packages: Name : yum Arch : noarch Version: 1.0 Release: 1d Size : 198.10 kB Group : System Environment/Base Summary: RPM installer/updater Description: Yum is a utility that can check for and automatically download and install updated RPM packages. Dependencies are obtained and downloaded automatically prompting the user as necessary. ===================================== So the version is 1.0-1d Hope this helps, Rick On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 03:47 PM, R P Herrold wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Michael Stenner wrote: > >>> yes it already is -- I previously reported method and success >>> at: >>> https://lists.linux.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2003-April/001044.html >> >> Russ, what version of yum was this with? As far as I know, yum 2 >> series does not support this behavior. Please correct me if I'm >> wrong. > > Hmmm -- I got to thinking about that after I saw seth's post. > it was on my eMac hardware, running stock Yellow Dog Linux > 3.0 [which is powered off at the moment such that I cannot > take a peek] > > I think Dan Burcaw is on the list and can confirm versions. > > -- Russ Herrold > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum