[CentOS] Yum Update

Thu Jul 6 18:07:10 UTC 2006
Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>

On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 01:59:40PM -0400, William L. Maltby enlightened us:
> > On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 10:25 -0700, Gerald wrote:
> > > Great feedback. You are all dodging around the basic question though
> > > and thats why doesn't centosplus show all it's kernels when i do the
> > > yum list all kernel*?
> > 
> > Maybe you don't have your config file adjusted to suit your needs? As
> > delivered, the yum.conf has
> > 
> >   pkgpolicy=newest
> > 
> > I don't find docs for this param in the normal man/info pages.
> 
> Since curiosity often results in death to well-known felines, and I
> don't want to become collarateral damage, I did a little googling for
> you. Not helpful except to maybe discount any value at all for the
> parameter I mention. From
> 
>    http://72.14.209.104/search?
> q=cache:mMPirhs9kFAJ:www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_article/yum_article.pdf+pkgpolicy+yum+configure+OR+configuration+-newest&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5
> 
> we get this snippet
> -----------------------------------------------
> pkgpolicy can be set to determine the order in which yum chooses to
> decide
> between two versions of the same package on different repositories it is
> using
> at the same time. 
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> So, no gain, just pain I guess. I wish they'd doc this crap where it
> belongs and save us all (?) some time.

I bet Seth wouldn't complain if you sent him a patch ;-)

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Matt Hyclak
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