Clint Dilks wrote: >> If I add >> priority=1 >> to [updates] in CentOS-Base.repo >> when I run "sudo yum update" I get the warning >> 66 packages excluded due to repository priority protections >> >> This does not seem to have any adverse effect, >> but what exactly does it mean? > See http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities ( take a close > look at section 5 ) Thanks for your response. I had actually read this section, but evidently do not understand it. I take it the 66 packages mentioned are in "unofficial" repositories, in my case rpmforge.repo.rpmnew ? > Generally all active repo's in Base would be given the same priority. > If you have only added a setting of 1 for updates then all other repos > will have a priority of 99 (lower). I did realize that. But as far as I can see, the effect of the plugin is to disable all repositories with priority 99, or indeed with priority > 2 ? I've presently disabled this plugin, since I don't see any rational way of using it. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland