[Yum] Multiple Repository Hell

[R P Herrold]

On 12 Mar 2003, seth vidal wrote:

> > ummm --- I wrote and gpl'd exactly that code a month ago, and 
> > before that had RFE'd a mechanism to place major/minor 
> > versions into the yum environment.
> > 
> >     http://www.owlriver.com/support/yum/
> > 
> 
> Yah, I know. I was sorta hinting that expanding that script so you could
> pick out from a list of repositories which ones you wanted available to
> yum.

Smile -- yes, I saw that.  I already supported most of this
with the previous version.  Use a query like:
  http://www.owlriver.com/support/yum/yumconf.php?ver=8.0

But the thought is taken for the deed.  It now supports arch,
and departmental grouped files in the presently available 
variant.

  http://www.owlriver.com/support/yum/yumconf.php?ver=8.0&
	group=hephysics&arch=sparc

 [you know the drill on long URL's -- web page also updated 
at:  http://www.owlriver.com/support/yum/ ]

RFE again: Could I please have an 'arch' and RH version as
environmental variables for yum, and I'll deliver a more
general solution in very short order.

The reason for my prior RFE asking the Client system, rather
than the client system's administrator to determine this, is
that it permits the admin more options to do hands off, lights
out management, with kickstart installs, WOL, and so forth.

-- Russ Herrold