[Yum] yum 2.1.11

Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham at dev.intechnology.co.uk
Thu Oct 28 12:14:53 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 07:50 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday 28 October 2004 06:31, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> >mw-list-yum at csi.hu wrote:
> >> So this newer version of yum does not work with the usual hdr
> >> files?
> >
> >Yes, yum-2.1 uses a completely different repository data format.
> 
> Then I'd suggest that the sample yum.conf in the rpm be updated to 
> reflect the new reality.  Rendering something as valuable as yum 
> unusable without an example solution seems rather counterproductive 
> to this user.

The question is why is someone using a 2.1.x version of Yum with Fedora
Core 2.  Yum 2.1/2.2 is for FC3, there is no reason for FC2 repositories
to have the new metadata format.  Similarly there is no reason for FC3
repositories to use the old metadata format.

> In this case, it appears that the repo format has changed, requireing 
> repo maintainers to mirror an additional copy just for the new 
> format.  Some will, and some won't for various reasons related to 
> admin time and available space.

You are talking bollocks.

	Nigel.
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