repository collections (was: Package Management)

[John Dangler]

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On Behalf Of Axel Thimm
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:09 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: repository collections (was: Package Management)

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 06:39:11PM -0400, John Dangler wrote:
>> I'd like to expand the repositories that yum looks to for
installs/updates.
>> I'm searching for a list, but haven't found one.  Is there a 'collective'
>> repository site somewhere on the web that has a list like this?  (I
>> currently have ATrpms, FC2-base, FC2-released upates).

>If you installed atrpms-package-config you will get access to
>(depending on distribution) up to a dozen repos. For FC2 not all repos
>offer rpms, and not all of them offer than in yum metadata format
>(e.g. some require apt).

>Try

>yum install atrpms-package-config apt

>and merge /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew with /etc/yum.conf (or simply copy it
>over).

Thanks, Axel.  Is it okay to have a longer list of repos as possible
choices?  Are there dangers of having the same package conflict due to
multiple listings on different repos? (Or worse, differing versions?)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net