I'm getting a few requests for additional formats for the HOWTO -- SO I fixed up the Makefile and it now automagically installs at least the following: html,(US Letter,A4)x(PS,PDF),Text (badly), tarball of sgml sources All of these formats are accessible from http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_HOWTO.php Note that I >>still<< haven't had time to finish this off, although I'm very close now -- my current pass is going to shorten it a lot and finish off the section on actual yum commands. Perhaps over TG break. In the meantime, hopefully between the HOWTO (almost finished), the article: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_article.php (finished, I suppose) and the man pages (which are the one authoritative and up to date reference anyway:-) and this list, nobody feels totally deprived of yum documentation as they start out using it. The one thing yum is still missing (even in draft form) is a FAQ. Anybody want to tackle this? I'll do it, but probably not before next year. BTW, the FAQ should probably swallow Seth's short "Questions" section on the yum site for starters, and then go on to things like Q: What does it mean if yum complains that my rpmdb is corrupt? A: That your rpmdb is corrupt. Yum will refuse to work with a corrupt rpmdb as it is not safe to do so. Maybe it's your fault it is corrupt you wicked "rpm --force --nodeps" user you. More likely your system glitched while ths db was being actively written and it was left in a corrupt state. All you can do is try rpm --rebuilddb and pray. If prayer doesn't work, try threats. If threats don't work, try reinstalling... See? It can be fun and easy to write documentation! rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
