"KS" == Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> KS> rm /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo KS> touch /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo KS> and the file wont get in the way anymore / anyless than it KS> did previously. That seems to work and I can easily add code to my setup script to do just that. It would be nice, however, if any future changes made by the CentOS team to the way fundamental aspects of the OS work were discussed before they're made, instead of making changes, breaking things, and then being abusive to everyone who has problems. Claire *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Claire Connelly cmc at math.hmc.edu Systems Administrator (909) 621-8754 Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 188 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20061011/f53aa95b/attachment-0005.sig>