On 22/08/06, Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jeffrey allow me to express admiration for your persistence; > congratulations are definitely in order. > > As you work in YDL 3, keep in mind a few things: > > 1. yum updates within a version family, not across them. In other words, > yum is designed such that you can update with say YDL 3.0 to YDL 3.0.1. I > have not seen or heard of anyone using yum to update between YDL 3.0 to YDL > 4.0, etc. If you take a look at the coding of yum.conf, you would notice > that the mirrors yum.conf points to are specifically related to that version > of YDL you are using. Also even if you chose to rewrite yum.conf to point > to other mirrors and versions of YDL, that is only part of the problem. The > components instructing yum how to behave (what to access, and install, etc.) > reside on the mirrors and if you attempt to access them using your current > plan you could create a problem for yourself which will make your current > efforts look rather simple.
It is possible to 'pin' yum to update between 3.0.1 and 4.0 and some people swore up and down on their great-great grandparent's grave that it worked for them (and, I'm sure it did). Jeffrey posted a link to a how-to on the subject in an earlier post. I did it and it worked for me too, to a certain extent -- the servers all worked flawlessly (IIRC) but I ran into some problems with X/KDE/GNOME and trying to install/run programs. I tried fixing it for a little while but eventually decided to wipe / and install 4.0 from scratch (which worked nicely). _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
