[Yum] Re: relationship between up2date and yum repos

[Jeff Stern]

hi steven,

1) sorry, if i conveyed that i had a "concern" with people 
listing their repositories in the /etc/yum.conf file (instead of 
in separate .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/), then i didn't mean 
to- my mistake. actually, i don't really care how other people do 
it (and i *know* they don't care whether i care :P ) ..

for me, personally, i just use the separate .repo file method 
because it is easier to add/edit/delete repositories that way 
(and the /etc/yum.conf file i just leave pristine as the .rpm 
installed it, or updated it). also, it's easier (for me) when 
publishing my own repository, to document how to use my 
repository by just providing users with a .repo file to dump into 
their /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory, and it's done (instead of 
telling them to edit the yum.conf file manually). but that's all 
just idiosyncratic personal preference.. :/

my main concern was just to mention the up2date bug which happens 
if you are running using the .repo file method and depending only 
on the up2date/rhn-applet alert icon (not yum itself) to update.

2) as far as crossover, much like garrick, i just figure out the 
packages i want from the 3rd-party repositories, and use 
includepkgs= and exclude=.

for instance, i use the 'dries' repository to get pine for my 
fedora box. so here is my /etc/yum.repos.d/dries.repo file:

----------------------------------------------------------------
[dries]
name=Extra Fedora rpms dries - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/dries.ulyssis.org/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/
includepkgs=pine
enabled=1
----------------------------------------------------------------

and in all my other .repo files i added the following 
line:

----------------------------------------------------------------
...
...
exclude=pine
----------------------------------------------------------------

it does get a little more complicated when it comes to 
dependencies for these third party packages, because i have to 
add those in too to my includepkgs= and exclude= lines.. but 
anyway, that's how i manage it at least..

anyway, not much of an answer, but i hope that it helps..

--jeff