On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 08:30 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 08:21 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 15:29 +1000, John Newbigin wrote:
> > > See http://wiki.centos.org/centoswiki/Repositories/RPMForge for step by
> > > step setup procedure.
> > >
> > > Feedback is welcome.
> > >
> > > John.
> > >
> > > <snip>
> >
> > I found this ambiguous because I was not sure at this point to what "the
> > dag or dries" referred.
>
> Darn! I should be less ambiguous too? I assume, after some
> contemplation, that "user" in the URL is to be replaced by "dag" or
> "dries". I believe that it should not require contemplation to deduce
> this. Is it just me? Maybe.
>
> Anyway, if the URL's "user" is replaced by "<user>" and then say "...
> replace <user> with "dag" or "dries" ..." I think my shortcoming is
> addressed.
And for my final reply to myself...
I actually follow the link and discover the "user" in the URL is literal
and the "dag" or "dries" refers to choices at that web site.
So I think that the phrasing should mention that choices of "dag" or
dries" will be found there and you can choose ...
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > rpmforge
> > Download and install the rpmforge-release package. You can find
> > download links here
> > http://rpmforge.net/user/packages/rpmforge-release/ . You can use the
> > dag or dries, they both contain the same files, or just download one
> > of these:
> >
> > Select the correct package depending on your arch. If you are unsure
> > uname -i?
> >
> > * i386 http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/i386/RPMS.dag/rpmforge-
> > release-0.2-2.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm
> >
> > * x86_64 http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/x86_64/RPMS.dag/rpmforge-
> > release-0.2-2.2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
> > _______________________________________________________________________
> >
> ><snip sig stuff>
--
Bill
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