Tim Lauridsen wrote: > Morgan Read wrote: > ... >> > That are you trying to do ?? > the -c option tells yum to use > > /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-netdev.repo insted of /etc/yum.conf Mm, that is what I was expecting? But, it didn't produce quite what I expected. > > You have installed a repo file for the fedora-netdev repo in > /etc/yum.repos.d/, so it will be deteced by yum. > > I think you should try this one. > > yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=fedora-netdev list available I can see that makes more sense on the face of it and it is more what I wanted, but... > > It will show you the availible packages from the fedora-netdev repository It doesn't seem to??? Here's the out put of that, cf. the out put from my original post? Not showing available packages? [root@morgansmachine ~]# yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=fedora-netdev list available Setting up repositories fedora-netdev 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Available Packages fedora-netdev-release.noarch 4-0 fedora-netdev [root@morgansmachine ~]# Thanks, any ideas? Regards, M. > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > -- Morgan Read NEW ZEALAND <mailto:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz> get a life; GET FIREFOX! <www.getfirefox.com> WHY ME? Read on: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/28/cert_ditch_explorer/> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/13/german_ie_jitters/> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/attachments/20060114/fbbfd9ef/signature.bin