YUM repository links

Wed May 5 11:43:01 2004

Thanks mascarasnake for your reassuring confirmation and the extra info!

The whole yum update proceeded well from this point. The explanation for the
contents of the 3.0.1 folder being MOL and kernel updates still had me a
little confused. After yum'ing from the 3.0 folder, should I be concerned
(esp. as a noobie) about the other stuff? Even though I don't have MOL
installed yet, it is something I wish to look at soon.

Regarding the additional bit of info (freshrpms), I'm afraid I have another
question. Although a complete newbie to Linux, I am totally comfortable with
the idea and principle of yum, but have yet to become intimately familiar
with the practice of it! To this end, I very much want to understand the
procedure (and consequences!) rather than just executing commands and
procedures 'as wrote'. After checking out your link:

<http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/freshrpms>

but before actually implementing it, and a bit more browsing, I'm becoming
aware that there are repositories for all sorts of things, all over the
place! I'd initially assumed (naively of course!) that YDL would be the
place for YDL yum updates.

I'm hoping someone out there might be generous enough to enlighten me a
little as to whether all these alternate sources are (generally - nothing in
life is guaranteed!) approved, safe, supported, reliable etc etc... Do these
updates eventually find their way to YDL and do they have to be verified?

Thanks,

John

> From: mascarasnake <dontdrill@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:11:48 -0400
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: YUM repository links
> 
> Hey, John-
> 
> You've downloaded the right ISOs. The only things in the 3.0.1
> repositories are kernel updates, Xfree86 stuff and MOL modules. All of
> your updates are in the 3.0 updates directories. you might want to
> check out <http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/freshrpms> as
> well. There are some more up to date apps there, already compiled for
> YDL. Just add this to your yum.conf  file:
> 
> [freshrpms-ydl-3.0]
> name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 freshrpms
> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/freshrpms
> 
> As far as posting a newbie quesation, there are several posters that
> are encouraging you do so. The Newbie list mysteriously stopped being
> archived back in November. Posting here is the best way to keep a
> searchable archive going.
> 
> g'luck
> 
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> 
> dontdrill@earthlink.net
> mascarasnake@mac.com
> On Apr 30, 2004, at 11:54 AM, John Cochrane wrote:
> 
>> Hello all.
>> 
>> Ok, first, I'm a newbie, and this is my first post, so please be
>> gentle with
>> me! I opted for the 'general' list (sorry if that's the wrong thing to
>> do)
>> because it seemed a little livelier, and I figured I could take the
>> punishment!
>> 
>> After as much 'blind reading' about the 'wonderful world of Linux' as I
>> could suffer, and with ideas for server boxes, I recently (very
>> recently!)
>> opted to try out YDL on a couple of beige G3s that I have gathering
>> dust.
>> 
>> I have the basic software (3.0.1) installed. Yes, I encountered some
>> installation problems, but reading the existing mail lists really
>> helped me
>> get through those issues. So thanks already for all that info from
>> contributors.
>> 
>> My specific issue now relates to YUM.
>> 
>> After completing the basic installation I figured it would be prudent
>> to get
>> everything updated and I understand that YUM is the way to do this. I
>> came
>> across the 'connection reset by peer' issue and now understand from
>> reading
>> other posts that the yum.conf file (as shipped) points to the main ftp
>> and
>> should be pointed to a mirror to overcome this. However, that
>> information
>> got me thinking about the exact link, and what software exactly I had
>> installed! Currently, my yum.conf (as installed) is:
>> 
>> [main]
>> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
>> debuglevel=2
>> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
>> pkgpolicy=newest
>> 
>> [base]
>> name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
>> baseurl=http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/3.0/RPMS.main/
>> 
>> 
>> [updates]
>> name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 updates
>> baseurl=http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/3.0/
>> RPMS.updates/
>> 
>> But in additional to changing the above two urls to point to a local
>> mirror,
>> is the 3.0 entry correct even though I have downloaded and installed
>> 3.0.1?
>> I have had a look at the main and mirror ftp sites and there is a
>> /3.0.1
>> folder in:
>> 
>> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum
>> 
>> but inside that there is a /update folder but not /RPMS.main or
>> /RPMS.updates
>> 
>> I am confused. Thinking I may have downloaded and installed the wrong
>> ISOs I
>> rebooted the machine and noted that the boot text said:
>> 
>> Yellow Dog Linux release 3.0 (Sirius)
>> Kernel 2.4.22-2f
>> 
>> but I am sure that  have 3.0.1 and the ISOs were burned as 3.0.1
>> automatically. If anyone can help clarify the correct url info for YUM
>> updating 3.0.1, my Linux-induced spinning head would really appreciate
>> it!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> John
>> 
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