[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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