Personally, I would go with priorities because it gives you more control. <br><br>I'm currently in the process of switching to priorities because of packages from external repos replacing the stable ones that come with CentOS even though I was using protectbase. I'm not entirely sure this is what was causing my reboot issues on the Xen boxes that I run but it certainly could have been a factor.<br>
<br>Matt<br><br>--<br>Mathew S. McCarrell<br>Clarkson University '10<br><br><a href="mailto:mccarrms@gmail.com">mccarrms@gmail.com</a><br><a href="mailto:mccarrms@clarkson.edu">mccarrms@clarkson.edu</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Ben Montanelli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:montanelli@rivint.com">montanelli@rivint.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm elevating myself from "noob" to "noob with scars." I'm not one to<br>
ask a lot of questions if I have time to find out on my own.<br>
<br>
I now know at least a half dozen ways to hose a solid CentOS Xen<br>
install. That's a good thing, I learn from mistakes. Like forgetting to<br>
actually completely configure priority statements in the repo confs.<br>
<br>
In the past I have used yum protect-base, but about a year ago or so I<br>
switched to yum priorities because it seems a bit more granular.<br>
<br>
Is there a recommended preference on CentOS Xen installs? I'm pretty<br>
conservative now and won't go near Plus or Contribs, I do have Convirt<br>
repos in and it looks like they pulldown a couple dependencies from<br>
RPMForge (paramiko and socat).<br>
<br>
I don't plan on anymore repos, but am wary enough to want to nail my<br>
last install down.<br>
<br>
Any prefs here for CentOS Xen? Yum Protect-base or Priorities?<br>
<br>
<br>
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