[Yum] user/passwd in ftp url supported?

[Simon Kitching]

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 16:22, seth vidal wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 09:37, Simon Kitching wrote:
> > By the way, is it possible to run newer yum versions on RH8.0?
> > The yum downloads page at  
> >    http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download.ptml
> > seems clear that 1.0.3 is the appropriate version for RH8, but I'm
> > always hopeful :-) If so, any hints on what needs to be upgraded would
> > be appreciated. Note that I'm intending to use yum to apply mandatory
> > patches & updates to an RH8 server, so upgrading to RH9 is *not* an
> > option...
> 
> if you update rpm to rpm 4.1.1 - available at download.fedora.us then
> you can run yum 2.0.4 with red hat linux 8.0.

Alas, it doesn't seem to be that simple.

rpm 4.1.1 requires popt-1.7.1
RH8 comes with popt-1.7
popt-1.7 and popt-1.7.1 conflict :-(

I guess I'm stuck with yum 1.0.3 (and anonymous ftp). Still, even at
1.0.3, it seems like yum will make my life a lot easier!

Regards,

Simon