using yum to explore different versions of fedora

[JD]

  On 07/16/2010 12:57 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to use yum to check on packages for different versions of
> fedora than the one being used?
>
> tia,
> Mike Wright
Yum uses your current release version to access the fedora repos.
Installing from repos that are  not of you current fedora release version
can and usually does, lead to chaos if not the breakdown of your
existing installation, due to a huge chain of dependencies.