Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Gus Wirth wrote:
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yum uses the Python routines programmed into it. To change its
behavior you would have to change yum itself. I haven't looked at the
source yet so I'm not sure where to start. It would be better if
rpmforge had some mirrors. Perhaps they do but you're just not set up
to use them.
Gus
You are correct. I just did a search and found that there are two
mirrors listed in North America. I added those to the repo file and the
problem went away.
Here are the specific paths:
http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/pub/dag/dries/fedora/fc6/i386/dries/RPMS/
http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/dag/dries/fedora/fc6/i386/dries/RPMS/
http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/fc6/i386/dries/RPMS
I am on FC7. Should I change the paths to fc7?
Yes. Otherwise you will be trying to install possibly incompatible RPMs
in your system
The other repo files don't specify FC7. They use things like
$releasever and $basearch and $releasever&arch. How to these
translate? I'm guessing that $releasever is FC7 or just 7, and
$basearch is i386.
Yes. The $releasever et al are substituted with the appropriate values
for your actual system.
Does it matter whether the repo file has the variable or not?
No, it can be hard coded. It just makes it easier for whoever makes the
repo so one file can serve many versions/architectures without changes.
For example, if you upgrade to Fedora 8 in a few months, with the
variables you don't have to do anything to use the new F8 repository but
if it's hardcoded you have to remember to change everything.
Gus
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