Yum Update: Great in Theory not in Practice

[Derick Centeno]

On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 01:24, Jason Whitney wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have recently downloaded 4.0 and installed, everything works fine, 
> (well the modem is still a big ?)--- but there is one caveat.
> 
> Yum update fails each time I try, I get about 20% of the kernel-sources 
> and then it stops.  Just like that, the connection, poof.  I've tried 
> many times to no avail.  Hoping freshrpms would be a solution I tried 
> to add them to yum.conf but apparently got the syntax wrong because 
> after that yum stopped working altogether.
> 
> So to sum it all up, what's a better yum.conf not just for reliable 
> updates but also for "other" packages?
> 
> Any input would be great.
> 
> 
> - Jason

Try researching the documentation on the YDL FAQ website.  You may find
something there helpful, especially if you search around a bit.  Here is
the link:

http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/start