Re: RH9 user - what should I do?

[Troed Sångberg <troed sangberg se>]

On Sat, 8 May 2004 20:16:09 +0200, Michael Schwendt  
<fedora wir-sind-cool org> wrote:

> Let me see. My suggestion:
>
> * Run: rpm --import http://www.fedora.us/FEDORA-GPG-KEY
>
> * Get  
> http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/9/i386/RPMS.stable/yum-2.0.3-0.fdr.1.rh90.noarch.rpm
>
> Install it with "rpm -Uvh yum-2.0.3-0.fdr.1.rh90.noarch.rpm"
> Or install it directly with "rpm -ivh http://...."; of the network.
> RPM can do that.
>
> * Install the Fedora Legacy public key for verifying package signatures.
>   rpm --import http://www.fedoralegacy.org/FEDORA-LEGACY-GPG-KEY
>
> * Choose a mirror of Fedora Legacy for Red Hat Linux 9 from the website,
>   e.g. modify /etc/yum.conf in the section that reads
>
>   [redhat-updates]
>   name=Red Hat Linux $releasever ($basearch) updates
>   baseurl=
>     http://download.fedora.us/...
>
>   to use a different baseurl= such as:
>  baseurl=http://legacy.linux.duke.edu/redhat/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
>
> * If you don't want any of the Fedora.us add-ons for Red Hat Linux 9,
> disable the [fedora-stable] entry in the lower half of /etc/yum.conf.
>
> * Then run "yum update" for the first time to fetch package headers. Note
> there is a "yum" service which can download updates at night.

Many thanks - I followed your suggestions and it updated two packages  
which means everything is working correctly, I believe. I'd vote for  
having your mail above published as a guide on the website :)

regards,
Troed