Is there a sample yum.conf for 4.0??

[Matthias Saou]

Beartooth wrote :

> I got 4.0 installed all right, afaik, last night; but my attempts to run
> yum update kept running up against a brick wall. I tried adding in the
> ydl.net servers, with my ID & password, and it did nothing; dunno whether
> I messed up editing (the directions were clear as mud, for one who
> doesn't really understand yum *nor* editing .conf files), or that server
> was just overloaded, too.
> 
> What I'm hoping for is a copy of somebody's yum.conf that I can simply
use
> -- or at most put only my ID & password into with nano -- and draw on
some
> repository that can handle its load.
> 
> I had the same problem with 3.0 : tried and tried to update it, and never
> did get any updates. I was counting on the trouble to be fixed.....

Here's a simple and working one that can get you going :
(server is in Dublin, Ireland)

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[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest

[os]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 - OS
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/4.0/ppc/os/

[updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 - Updates
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/4.0/ppc/updates/

[freshrpms]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 - Freshrpms
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/4.0/ppc/freshrpms/

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See http://ayo.freshrpms.net/ (at the bottom) for some mirrors, which may
be closer to you.

Matthias

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