yum update server

[Graeme Nichols]

On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 14:46, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Graeme Nichols wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 02:35, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > 
> >>Graeme Nichols wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello Folks,
> >>>
> >>>Could someone tell me if the following server (the default in the
> >>>yum.conf file when yum is installed on my RH8 system) is the best for
> >>>updating etc. my RH8 system 'cos it doesn't seem to work. The error
> >>>message is to the effect that it cannot find it.
> >>>
> >>>http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/
> >>
> >>That's not correct.  If you want to update RH8 (which DOESN'T use yum by
> >>default), you need to find a mirror of the Fedora Legacy project (8.0 is
> >>not being maintained by Red Hat any longer).
> >>
> >>A valid yum mirror for current RH8.0 updates would be:
> >>
> >>http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
> >>
> >>See http://www.fedoralegacy.org for details.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Rick, I have only just installed yum and I guessed the default
> > server was not correct. I only want yum to update/install new versions
> > of particular programs I need for specific purposes.
> > 
> > RH8 has been really reliable for me and I find it comfortable to use. I
> > can see no real reason to update it from a usability point of view but I
> > know that eventually I will have to bite the bullet. The constant flow
> > of new releases of RH/FC I find a real PITB. Four in the last 18-24
> > months. Worse than Windows.:-) No sooner bed one down than you have a
> > new release to contend with.
> 
> The number of updates for 8.0 scared me.  

There certainly were quite a few. I didn't apply most  of them, only
those concerned with security.

> IMHO, it never should have been released.  RH9 was far more stable.  
> However, since both are dead now, I've switched to FC1.
> 
> I have FC2 boxes, too (an SMP P4 and an Opteron-64), but kernel 2.6 is a
> bit too unstable for production use.  I am, however, handling over 20M
> mail messages a day through four FC1 boxes.

That's some throughput, you would need reliability there. I'll wait a
little longer then make the switch to FC2 and hope the change of hats is
as comfortable as RH8. You know, 'heart rules head' syndrome. I've been
with RH since 6.1 and I fell in love with RH8 as soon as I first fired
it up after installation and am very reluctant to leave it. Like a pair
of old slippers :-)

-- 

Kind regards,

Graeme Nichols

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