Clint Dilks wrote:
If I add priority=1 to [updates] in CentOS-Base.repo when I run "sudo yum update" I get the warning 66 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
This does not seem to have any adverse effect, but what exactly does it mean?
See http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities ( take a close look at section 5 )
Thanks for your response. I had actually read this section, but evidently do not understand it. I take it the 66 packages mentioned are in "unofficial" repositories, in my case rpmforge.repo.rpmnew ?
Generally all active repo's in Base would be given the same priority. If you have only added a setting of 1 for updates then all other repos will have a priority of 99 (lower).
I did realize that. But as far as I can see, the effect of the plugin is to disable all repositories with priority 99, or indeed with priority > 2 ?
I've presently disabled this plugin, since I don't see any rational way of using it.