[Yum] yum 3.2.6

Tim Lauridsen tla at rasmil.dk
Mon Oct 8 06:15:30 UTC 2007


Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
>   
>> also added a 'cost' option to repository and global configuration
>>
>> cost   relative  cost of accessing this repository. Useful for weighing
>>        one repo’s packages as greater/less than any other. defaults  to
>>        1000
>>
>>   
>>     
> Hi Seth,
>
> Is there a more detailed explanation about cost?
> In particular, does cost provide the same function as yum-priorities,
> i.e. give packages from a repo higher priority then other repos even if
> its version is lower ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Fajar
>
>   
Cost is only used if two packages is available in two different repos 
with same NEVRA (name-epoch:version-release.arch).
(lower cost means this repo is closer & cheaper to me)

Tim
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