Problem adding yum repositories & yum crashes

[Derick Centeno]

Sorry, Matthias you are wrong there, here's the proof:

[root@arakus aguila]# cat /etc/yellowdog-release
Yellow Dog Linux release 3.0 (Sirius)
[root@arakus aguila]#

It may help to know that I reinstalled YDL 3.0 anew from the CDs; this
is more a going back than a moving forward to what is current or what is
even 3.0.1

I do remember there being problems with yum under YDL Sirius until
someone perhaps David Hacker, DVM, suggested a change in yum.conf but I
thought I was using his most recent contribution which he posted to the
newbie list subject:
MOL and Kernel FAQ which discussed errors in mol kernel modules and
problems with upgrading to the new kernel 2.4.22-2g.

If I can recall or come up with what was the issue with yum.conf; I'll
happily post it.

Sincerely, Derick.

On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 08:05, Matthias Saou wrote:
> Derick Centeno wrote :
> 
> > Thanks Matthias for your suggestion I tried it and this is what happens:
> > 
> [...]
> > [root@arakus aguila]# rpm -Uvh yum*.rpm
> > warning: yum-2.0.7-3.0.yd.fr.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
> > e42d547b
> > error: Failed dependencies:
> >         rpm >= 4.1.1 is needed by yum-2.0.7-3.0.yd.fr
> >         libxml2-python is needed by yum-2.0.7-3.0.yd.fr
> >         gnupg is needed by yum-2.0.7-3.0.yd.fr
> > [root@arakus aguila]#
> > 
> > The problem with rpm's is that one never knows when these dependencies
> > will crop up.  Besides, what does that first line mean:
> > rpm >= ???
> > 
> > Thanks for the time and your thoughts....
> 
> First thought : You're not running YDL 3.0. It comes with rpm 4.1.1, so
> that first dependency problem is not something that can happen on it.
> 
> cat /etc/yellowdog-release ?
> 
> Matthias