[Yum] user/passwd in ftp url supported?

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 13:51, Simon Kitching wrote:
> 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!

just for fun:
add this to your yum.conf:

[fedora-patches]
name=Fedora $releasever Patches
baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/patches/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable/


then run yum update

see if it gets you all updated and happy with rpm 4.1.1 and yum 2.0.X

-sv