based on the poking around i did this morning, here's the kind
of document that would be nice to have.
1: Overview
- what yum does (basic operations)
2: The components
- [optional] install via RPM
- the parts and what they're for
yum (client side)
yum-arch (build a repository)
/etc/yum.conf
/var/log/yum*
/var/cache/yum/
additional:
/etc/init.d/yum
/etc/cron.daily/yum.cron
/etc/logrotate.d/yum
for newbies, i'd probably suggest de-activating any automated
yum for the time being, to give the admin a chance to get used
to doing it manually. and *emphasize* that this doc focuses on
simple client-side install/upgrade/remove.
3: /etc/yum.conf
- explain contents, focus mainly on servers, plus
- where to find yum repositories based on your OS
- how to recognize one when you find it (RPMS/, headers/)
(explaining what a repository looks like is useful so that,
later, it's easier to explain yum-arch if someone realizes that
what they have to end up with needs to have RPMS/ and headers/)
4: Basic operations
4.1: Listing
4.2: Upgrading/installing
4.3: Removing
5: Troubleshooting
- log files
for now, i'm interested in what a newbie can do in terms of just
*listing* the current setup/status/available packages, etc. that is,
can one verify the availability of a specific (alleged) repository?
what's available to download/upgrade/install. anything that does not
involve actually changing the system state.
i'm willing to write this up once i figure it out, i'll just
need a little help.
rday
