Have you checked the contents of file /etc/yum.conf as I briefly mentioned ?
That's the first place to look for repository definitions. /etc/yum.conf normally contains a line to include /etc/yum.repos.d, but can also hold repository definitions itself. Regards, Geert On Wednesday 30 September 2009, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: > On 2009-09-30 at 11:25:24, Geert Janssens wrote: > >I am not sure what you mean with "regular Red Hat repositories that > >aren't listed in .repo files". > > > >As far as I know (but my knowledge is limited) all repositories used > >by yum are defined in /etc/yum.repos.d/ or directly in /etc/yum.conf > > I've not used CentOS, so i'm sure what you say is correct for that > distro. In RHEL, however, it doesn't seem to be accurate: > > # yum repolist all > Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security > repo id repo name status > rhel-debuginfo Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server - i386 - Debu disabled > rhel-i386-server-5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 for 32-bit x86) enabled: > 6,138 > repolist: 6,138 > > In case the word wrapping messes things up, that shows 2 repositories: > rhel-debuginfo (disabled) and rhel-i386-server-5 (enabled). However, > only one of them has a .repo file: > > # ls /etc/yum.repos.d/ > rhel-debuginfo.repo > > The main Red Hat repository (rhel-i386-server-5) is not listed in a > .repo file. On RHEL, yum seems to be configured to somehow magically > know about the main Red Hat repository without it being in the config > files. So that's what i mean by repositories that aren't listed. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University > Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave > +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/users -- Kobalt W.I.T. Web & Information Technology Brusselsesteenweg 152 1850 Grimbergen Tel : +32 479 339 655 Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/users
