[Yum] RE: problems using yum to upgrade from 8.0 to 9

[seth vidal]

> > and you might want to check out yum groupinstall "KDE" when using a
> > repository that has a yumgroups.xml
> > 
> > it's way cool.
> 
> You just lost me.  heh
> 
> Where does one get the yumgroups.xml file?  How is it created?  Insert other questions here?  ;)
> 
> Just point me at the FAQ.  ;)

yah - well this is a newish feature so it's not in the docs or faq yet
I'm working on them :)

the gist of it is simple, though:
you know the "groups" you can select for kickstarts or during a normal
red hat install?

Well those same groups can be selected and used for installs, etc with
yum. Which means you can get all the pkgs red hat recommends for doing a
"gnome install" or a "kde install"

the yumgroups.xml file is just red hat's comps.xml (or any file made up
by any repository maintainer) that lists pkgs in certain groups and how
they relate to each other.

it's pretty cool.

-sv