[Yum] user/passwd in ftp url supported?

[seth vidal]

> Now I need to scratch my head a bit and figure out why the new popt
> "conflicts" with the existing one when installed on its own, but
> installs as part of a "batch" of rpms. 

it wasn't 'installed' it was 'updated'.

install means - put this on the system
update means - update over top of this other thing that is already on
the system.



> All this sysadmin stuff is hard - I'll be happy to get back to being a
> developer instead when this project is over :-)

you could, of course, consider being a developer on yum or affiliated
projects ;)

-sv