Curious problem with yum

[Rick Stevens]

On 11/12/2009 12:13 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> On 11/12/2009 11:10 AM, Brian Mury wrote:
>> yum install yum-skip-broken
>>
> # yum install yum-skip-broken
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, protect-packages, refresh-packagekit
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>   * fedora: mirror.web-ster.com
>   * rpmfusion-free: mirror.web-ster.com
>   * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.web-ster.com
>   * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.web-ster.com
>   * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.web-ster.com
>   * updates: mirror.web-ster.com
> Setting up Install Process
> No package yum-skip-broken available.

There is nothing to download.  "--skip-broken" is built into yum.
"man yum" will reveal it to you:

   --skip-broken         skip packages with depsolving problems
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