[Yum] feature request: which channel are we installing from?

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 15:34, Brian Lalor wrote:
> I'd love to know which channel I'm pulling a package in from when I do  "yum 
> install".  Could this be part of the confirmation step?  ie. instead of
> 
> 	I will do the following:
> 	[install: cvs.i386]
> 	Is this ok [y/N]:
> 
> could we have
> 	I will do the following:
> 	[intsall: cvs.i386 - Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 - Base]
> 	Is this ok [y/N]:
> 
> This would also be great for "yum list" so you can see which channels packages 
> exist in...

So putting it in the install list should be do-able.

my questions - how would you want it displayed in the yum list output?

The name string has no necessary limit so it could wrap around like
anything.

suggestions?

-sv