[CentOS] yum-updatesd.conf on centos 5

Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org
Thu Aug 2 12:00:12 UTC 2007


Indunil Jayasooriya wrote:
> 
> 
>     On this URL: http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories
>     <http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories> it says:
> 
>     > Note: You should seriously consider using the Priorities (or
>     > ProtectBase) yum plugin if you are going to use a 3rd Party
>     > Repository. (The Priorities and ProtectBase plugins both prevent 3rd
>     > party repos replacing base packages, but Priorities is much more
>     > flexible and therefore the recommended plugin.)
> 
>     Consider removing ProtectBase and installing Priorities
> 
> 
> Hey, Why should I remove ProtectBase ? Whithout removing ProtectBase, Is
> it NOT proper to install Priorities?

priorities and protectbase do the same thing.  One has 2 settings (0 and
1) the other has 99 settings (1-99).

The way they do things (besides that) is pretty much identical.

Therefore, you should use one or the other.

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