[Yum] user/passwd in ftp url supported?

[Simon Kitching]

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 18:03, seth vidal wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 13:51, Simon Kitching wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 16:22, seth vidal wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 09:37, Simon Kitching wrote:
> > > > By the way, is it possible to run newer yum versions on RH8.0?
> > > > The yum downloads page at  
> > > >    http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download.ptml
> > > > seems clear that 1.0.3 is the appropriate version for RH8, but I'm
> > > > always hopeful :-) If so, any hints on what needs to be upgraded would
> > > > be appreciated. Note that I'm intending to use yum to apply mandatory
> > > > patches & updates to an RH8 server, so upgrading to RH9 is *not* an
> > > > option...
> > > 
> > > if you update rpm to rpm 4.1.1 - available at download.fedora.us then
> > > you can run yum 2.0.4 with red hat linux 8.0.
> > 
> > Alas, it doesn't seem to be that simple.
> > 
> > rpm 4.1.1 requires popt-1.7.1
> > RH8 comes with popt-1.7
> > popt-1.7 and popt-1.7.1 conflict :-(
> > 
> > I guess I'm stuck with yum 1.0.3 (and anonymous ftp). Still, even at
> > 1.0.3, it seems like yum will make my life a lot easier!
> 
> just for fun:
> add this to your yum.conf:
> 
> [fedora-patches]
> name=Fedora $releasever Patches
> baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/patches/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable/
> 
> 
> then run yum update
> 
> see if it gets you all updated and happy with rpm 4.1.1 and yum 2.0.X

ummm ... yes. The upgrade worked.

Now I need to scratch my head a bit and figure out why the new popt
"conflicts" with the existing one when installed on its own, but
installs as part of a "batch" of rpms. 

All this sysadmin stuff is hard - I'll be happy to get back to being a
developer instead when this project is over :-)

Anyway, thanks Seth.