[Yum] why does yum have to fail when one repository fails?

[Michael Stenner]

On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 07:31:37PM +0200, lupus wrote:
> why does yum have to fail when one repository fails?
> I find it not logical that when one repository is down all repositories
> have to fail.
> 
> Can't you just ignore this by default?

Another example:  lets say I run a custom kernel on a cluster of
machines.  I keep that kernel in my local repo.  It takes me some time
to patch and update it when a new kernel comes out so it lags the
stock kernels.  If my repo is down one day, poof, I have a kernel that
breaks my cluster.

					-Michael

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