there seems to be a subtle but constant confusion between what is a yum "server" and a yum "repository". from an earlier doc, i thought a "repository" was the physical server, and the "server" was the unique URL. so that a repository could handle multiple servers. can someone clarify this? as "man yum.conf" refers to "server" entries in that file, while http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/repos/ refers to repositories. this is just the sort of thing that will drive someone a bit nuts if the terminology keeps bouncing back and forth. rday