On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 02:58:11PM -0400, Ed Hill wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 12:22 -0400, Rick DeNatale wrote: > > On 8/12/05, Owen Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone have any compatability experience with using the Dag > > > (http://dag.wieers.com/), livna (http://rpm.livna.org/) and Fedora > > > extras (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras) repositories for Fedora > > > RPMs? I've been using livna and fedora.us (now Fedora Extras) for a > > > while, but I'm looking for some packages for FC3 that are only on Dag's > > > repository. > > > > > > According to the Dag FAQ, the livna and fedora.us ones are not > > > compatible with his, so I would probably have to remove those packages > > > and reinstall them. Seems like a lot of work, which I don't want to have > > > to repeat. > > > > > > > Back when I was running RH9, I was using the Fedora legacy repo, and > > tried to use the dag repos as well. The problem is that Fedora and > > DAG (as well as others) don't see eye to eye on version numbering. I > > had some problems with some dependency packages being replaced with > > back level versions. IIRC these came from the Fedora repos because > > they SEEMED to be newer than those in the DAG repo. > > > > I never did figure out how to fix this. It's one form of dependency hell. > > Hi folks, > > <disclaimer> > I'm a Fedora Extras volunteer, so please be aware of my bias. ;-) > </disclaimer> > > I do install packages from DAG, Livna, FreshRPMs, etc. especially for > things like mplayer, xmms*, xine, macromedia flash, etc. > > To avoid problems, I only run a system-wide 'yum update' against the > "official" Fedora and Fedora Extras repos. The idea is to minimize the > chances of installing a bunch of unnecessary and potentially conflicting > RPMs: > > 1) install the yum conf file(s) for the repo(s) you want to use in > /etc/yum.repos.d/ and *temporarily* mark them as enabled > > 2) "rpm --import ${URL_FOR_THE_KEY}" for each of the above repos > > 3) yum install the packages you want > > 4) disable the repos from (1) before doing a system-wide yum update > > This usually works nicely for me because all the packages are in > addition to the ones provided by Fedora and Fedora Extras -- they don't > replace generally don't conflict with anything. > > > So, if anyone has software that they would like to maintain in Fedora > Extras, please see: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras > > were the process for becoming an FE maintainer is documented. And, if > you contact me off-list, I'll do everything I can to help fellow > TriLUG-ers get started including sponsorship, package reviews, etc. > > - Ed "in FE-pimp-mode" Hill ;-) >
Sounds like a reasonable strategy. Thanks for the advice. -- Owen -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
