On 22 Sep 2003, Piero Calucci wrote: > http://www.linuxbeginner.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=278&mode=flat&order=1&thold=0 ironically, this was the very article that convinced me that there are no decent HOWTOs out there. the biggest problem that article has is that its very first example of a yum command is an *update*. no self-respecting (or even remotely sane) admin is going to, as his/her first exposure to a new command, let it do a full system update. the *first* thing such a tutorial should so is explain the yum.conf file -- how to locate yum repositories, and add them to the file. then, perhaps, how to verify that yum is working properly by listing system status *without* changing anything. admins want *feedback* before they let something like yum loose on their system. anyway, that article is still pretty deficient as a tutorial, IMHO. still interested in other pointers. rday
