XFree86 available via yum

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Mike A. Harris wrote:

>I have made XFree86 available via yum on people.redhat.com.  This 
>is my first time setting up a yum repository, and I've never used 
>the yum client, so I have no idea how successful this is 
>currently.  I've pointed out the repository to many people in IRC 
>for a day and a half and gotten no good nor bad feedback, so I 
>determined that wasn't the best place to look for testers or 
>feedback.
>
>Please test the repository out, and feel free to provide feedback 
>both good and/or bad about it.
>
>	ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/unstable
>
>XFree86-4.3.0-39 is there right now for x86, ppc, x86_64, and ia64
>  
>

$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)

$ rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.4.20-13.8

$ rhn-applet-tui
Ignoring kernel
Ignoring kernel-source
[...]
The following is a list of outdated packages on your system:
Name Version Release
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
mysql 3.23.58 1.80
mysql-devel 3.23.58 1.80
mysql-server 3.23.58 1.80
Advisory Synopsis
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
RHSA-2003:281-08 Updated MySQL packages fix vulnerability


$ yum --version
2.0


========
with the original /etc/yum.conf


# yum check-update
[...]
Name Arch Version Repo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------kernel 
kernel athlon 2.4.20-20.8 updates
kernel-source i386 2.4.20-20.8 updates
========

========
# cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release

[base]
name=Red Hat Linux $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/


[updates]
name=Red Hat Linux $releasever - Updates
baseurl=http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/updates/$releasever/
baseurl=ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/unstable


# yum check-update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 - Base
Server: Red Hat Linux 8.0 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
[.............................................................]
Name Arch Version Repo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------XFree86 
XFree86 i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-100dpi-fonts i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-75dpi-fonts i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-Mesa-libGL i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-Mesa-libGLU i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-Xnest i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-base-fonts i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-devel i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-font-utils i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-libs i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-tools i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-truetype-fonts i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-twm i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-xauth i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-xdm i386 4.3.0-39 updates
XFree86-xfs i386 4.3.0-39 updates
xchat i386 1:2.0.4-2 updates

=========



i am missing now the kernel-updates :-(



========
# yum install XFree86*
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 - Base
Server: Red Hat Linux 8.0 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
.package XFree86 needs glibc >= 2.3.2-66 (not provided)
package XFree86-xfs needs /usr/bin/ttmkfdir (not provided)
package XFree86-xfs needs /usr/bin/ttmkfdir (not provided)
package XFree86-syriac-fonts needs /usr/bin/ttmkfdir (not provided)
package XFree86-syriac-fonts needs /usr/bin/ttmkfdir (not provided)
package XFree86-devel needs fontconfig-devel >= 2.1 (not provided)
package XFree86-twm needs xterm (not provided)
package XFree86-libs needs freetype >= 2.1.3-4 (not provided)
package XFree86-truetype-fonts needs /usr/bin/ttmkfdir (not provided)
package XFree86-truetype-fonts needs /usr/bin/ttmkfdir (not provided)
package pango-devel needs Xft-devel >= 1.9.1.020626.1517-1 (not provided)
package libgnomeui needs Xft (not provided)
package qt needs Xft >= 1.9.1 (not provided)
========



-- 
shrek-m