> In particular how are the characters "=" (other than directly after > "mirrorlist") and "&" interpreted? A pointer to documentation will be > sufficient. They're not parsed by yum. They're parsed by the web application handing out the list of mirrors. The resulting file is a list of mirrors which yum knows how to deal with. The application could be perl driven, php driven etc. All you're doing is setting some variables in a web based application, and yum walks away with the resulting data. the variable 'repo' is set to 'core-$releasever', where $releasever is the standard yum variable defined in the config, which is pulled from a package; usually redhat-release, centos-release, fedora-release, etc. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
