my fc 4 isnt yum'y enough!

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 15:33 -0500, William Hooper wrote:
> jackc wrote:
> [snip]
> >> What is the output of "rpm -qi python".
> >>
> >
> > Name        : python                       Relocations: (not
> > relocatable) Version     : 2.3.4                             Vendor: Red
> > Hat, Inc.
> > Release     : 14                            Build Date: Thu 04 Nov 2004
> > 11:11:06 AM PST
> > Install Date: Wed 21 Dec 2005 02:58:21 PM PST      Build Host:
> > tweety.build.redhat.com
> [snip]
> 
> In addition to being a differnet version, the FC4 python RPM is built on
> "decompose.build.redhat.com", not "tweety.build.redhat.com".  It is also
> signed with a different key.  This is not a FC4 python RPM.
> 
> [snip]
> >> rpm  -q --provides redhat-release
> > config(redhat-release) = 4ES-2 redhat-release = 4ES-2
> >
> > what does this translate to?
> 
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES, not Fedora Core 4.
> 
> Actually because my command was wrong, FC4 doesn't find anything.  The
> command should be "rpm -q --whatprovides redhat-release".  On a FC4 system
> it is provided by "fedora-release-4-2".
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He's using RHEL - there is no yum on RHEL

He's on the wrong mailing list...

below is information for RHEL/RH ES-2
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any answers from this list about your installation are not necessarily
accurate since they don't pertain to your system.

Craig