> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > > On 2/27/09, Linux Advocate wrote: > >> Guys, what is the best way of arranging the repos with regards to their > >> priority? Any ideas, especially for all non base ones? > >> > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo - priority = 1, 2 > >> > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo > >> > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo > >> > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/kbs-extras.repo > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/kbs-misc.repo > >> > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo > >> > >> How would we position dags repo? > > > > Check out this URL: > > http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities > > I'm not sure that was the question. I think the OP wants to know in > what order he should prioritize all those repos. To which I say: What > the heck do you need that many repos for in the first place? Mixing > third party repos is usually problematic, even if properly > prioritized. It becomes a dependency nightmare. > > If you really need those repos, I would install them, but configure > them with "enabled=0" and manually enable them on the yum command line > only when needed. > > Perhaps a little background would help. What services do you need from > all of those repos? Are you running a do-everything desktop machine, > or servers? Have you considered virtualization as a way to isolate the > instances where third party packages are needed? > jeff, your questions have created some clarity for me.