Yes, the yum version is old, v2.0.8. RPM 4.2.3. I'm trying to work with what is already installed... The distro is internal s/w not linux system s/w. I wanted to run in parallel w/ the same yum and rpm as the system. > -----Original Message----- > From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fajar > A. Nugraha > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:36 PM > To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified > Subject: Re: do I gotta be root? > > Gallie, Keith wrote: > > Ok, I resorted to downloading the source and figuring it > out from there. > > > > I changed the pid lockfile to a local file and conf.uid=0. > > > > Wild question - will I run into any other issues? There > weren't that > > many checks for conf.uid == 0 so I figure after I go through those > > I'll be in good shape, yes? > > > > > What version of yum and which distro are you running, exactly? > Seems like you're using a really OLD version of yum. > yum >= 2.4.3 allows "yum list" as non-root. > It also uses repositories created by createrepo, not yum-arch. > > Regards, > > Fajar > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Gallie, Keith > >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:01 PM > >> To: yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: do I gotta be root? > >> > >> > >> 1. I was able to create RPMs and use yum-arch to create a > repository > >> and use a local config file. I was happy. Now yum tells me > I have to > >> be root to even do a list. I don't want to be root. I > gotta be root > >> to even get a list? Is there any way around this? See machinations > >> below... > >> > >> 2. Another thing I didn't expect was that I created the > repository in > >> a local work area. I got all sorts of cache errors like > >> > >> yum -c $YUM_CONFIG list all > >> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > >> Server: experimental > >> Error - /home/kgallie/YUM/cache/yum/stable/header.info cannot be > >> found Please ask your sysadmin to update the headers on > this system. > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
