why does network install not get the latest?

[David Boles]

on 8/29/2007 6:33 AM, Globe Trotter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things
> to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is
> there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does
> not contain the latest? 
> 
> Btw, in FC6, there used to be a repository called Extras for all the other cool
> stuff. I understand extras is gone, but how do we include this repository (or
> rather which repository should be included) to get the equivalent stuff? For
> instance, claws-mail, R, etc, which were in Extras previously.


For Fedora 7, and future releases, there is no longer an Extras repo.
There is an Everything repo which is everything put together. You have,
should have, the Everything repo set as your default.
-- 

  David

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