Re: apt/yum configuration?

[seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>]

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 09:40, Matthias Saou wrote:
> Green wrote :
> 
> > On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 08:56:56 -0500
> > John Dalbec <jpdalbec ysu edu> wrote:
> > 
> > > How do I configure apt and yum (from freshrpms.net) for fedora legacy?
> > > Thanks,
> > > John Dalbec
> > 
> > It seems to me that it is NOT recommended to use apt and yum from
> > freshrpms.net for fedora repository, because of "Repository Mixing
> > problems".
> > 
> > Instead, use apt and yum "from fedora.us" for fedora legacy. Am I
> > correct?
> 
> Hum. I would have preferred to keep "Fedora Legacy" and "fedora.us"
> separated at least as much as "Fedora Legacy" and "freshrpms.net" :-/
> 

I can't speak for apt, but the yum in fedora legacy is identical to the
yum at freshrpms.net except for the default config file entries.

I dunno how much that's worth, but I don't think there are any real
requirements on yum from fedora legacy that have anything to do with
fedora.us

-sv