SOLVED Re: Libreoffice not found by yum search F17

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:34:09 +0800, EG (Ed) wrote:

> >On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:22:48 +0100, FM (Frank) wrote:
> >
> >> On 28/03/12 09:07, Frank Murphy wrote:
> >> > fedora & updates-testing enabled.
> >> 
> >> Own goal:
> >> cat /etc/yum.conf
> >> exclude= *i386* *i486* *i586 *i686*
> >> 
> >> it's a 32 bit box :(
> >
> >You're talking in riddles. First thing I don't understand is, if you
> >find
> >that a Yum search fails to find packages, why you don't try to Yum list
> >the packages whose names you know. Instead of a little exercise and an
> >attempt at tracking down what's wrong, you only point at packages on a
> >download mirror server. Secondly, that exclude= line in your config
> >file is wrong obviously, but what are you trying to point out at all? Not
> >just with the last sentence and the smiley. Also the "Own goal", what are
> >you trying to express?
> 
> 
> It was pretty obvious to me....  His box is i686 but he excluded that in his yum.conf....in error.  So, of course the yum search didn't find it.
> 
> "Own Goal" .... similar to PEBKAC.  Or, he shot himself in the foot.  Self inflected injury.
> 

"yum repolist" is pretty clear about excluded packages