Upgrading 4.0.1

[Colin Ward]

Message: 7
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:57:06 -0400
From: Jeff Yowell <jeff_yowell at cox.net>
Subject: Re: RE: Upgrading 4.0.1
To: Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com>, Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
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The Sharplabs FAQ for YDL is dead.  The alternate YUM servers listed on
Terrasoft.com are dead.   Everything is dead. YUM doesn't work, and I'll be
unsubscribing to this list as soon as I get around to it because as far as
I'm concerned, YDL is dead as a platform.
> 
> From: Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com>
> Date: 2005/04/25 Mon PM 03:41:13 EDT
> To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
<yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Subject: Re: RE: Upgrading 4.0.1
> 
> Jeff:
> 
> Hmm. That's an odd error. Are you using the default repositories for
> yum? If so, the problem with the "official" repos is that they're
> over-loaded.
> 
> Unfortunately terrasoft's server hasn't got the capacity to handle the
> load (is that perhaps a limitation of yum?... I get the sense yum is
> fast becoming a dirty word in the Linux world so perhaps it's a yum
> limitation?).
> 
> If that's the problem, the fix is easy: pick a repository OTHER than
> the default one. See the sharplabs FAQ for details on how to change
> your yum.conf file (do a google for Sharplabs YDL FAQ and I'm sure
> you'll find it).
> 
> Eric.
> 
> On 4/25/05, Jeff Yowell <jeff_yowell at cox.net> wrote:
> > YUM update does not work (and has never worked in YDL).
> > I always get a "failover: out of servers to try" message.
> > So, YDL MUST be updated manually.  Sorry.

I was looking at the sharplabs website today, it is a little slow, but its
not dead. I just don't think your ready for linux.
C