On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 08:52:46PM -0700, Nathanael Noblet alleged: > Hello, > I just have a small question/suggestion for yum. I should say first > that I appreciate the fact that yum exists. The one thing that I could > use is something like a yum.d directory. Let me explain my problem, > perhaps there is already a solution that isn't being used that I could. > I use the distribution Tao-Linux which is a RHEL clone. It works great > for what I use it for. The one problem is that I have my own repository > for a select number of packages for a few of the systems. When the > distribution updates the tao-conf package, it replaces /etc/yum.conf, > which clobbers my additions to yum.conf. I thinking that having a Ignoring your suggestion about yum.d, and focusing on Tao breaking your yum.conf... here's a snippet from the Tao release notes, which suggests that /etc/yum.conf is symlink that you are free to change. To keep your Tao Linux system updated, I've added in 'yum' and 'tao-yumconf' packages. In the default installation, /etc/yum.conf is a symlink to /etc/tao-yum.conf. The default config includes checking package signatures, so you won't be able to update untill you 'rpm --import /usr/share/doc/tao-release-*/RPM-GPG-KEY-tao'. Then, running 'yum update' will update your system, and fail if signature checking fails. From time to time, as official mirrors change, I will create new (signed) releases of tao-yumconf. However, I expect that some sysadmins will break the symlink and create their own /etc/yum.conf with local values. At that point, /etc/tao-yum.conf will be useful only as a reference. -- Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator University of Southern California -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/attachments/20040804/b2f93c1f/attachment.bin
