On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 10:23 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > Have followed all instructions, googled and read Johnny's November post, > went to Duke (not physically, web-spherically, although it's only 45 > minutes away),... > > and still can't see how I have protectbase operational. > > Installed: > [root at wlmlfs08 ~]# yum -C --disablerepo=rpmforge list|grep yum > centos-yumconf.noarch 4-4.5 installed > yum.noarch 2.4.2-2.centos4 installed > yum-plugin-fastestmirror.noarch 0.2.4-3.c4 installed > yum-utils.noarch 0.5-1.c4 installed > yumex.noarch 0.99.11-1.0.c4 installed > > Haven't been able to find a protect base python plugin from CentOS, > although I clearly recall it being said that CentOS supported it and the > fastest mirrors. > > Need to get it from the Duke plugin web page? Or what did I do wrong? > > TIA yum install yum-plugin-protectbase If fastest mirror is already working, then this should be too. you need to add the lines: protect=1 or protect=0 to all repos in /etc/yum.conf or /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files. AND you need to edit /etc/yum.conf and add the line: plugins=1 Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060406/02809822/attachment-0005.sig>