[ale] ftp.ale.org Question

[Robert Heaven]

To answer my own question... (rtfm... "man yum.conf")

$releasever comes from the file /etc/redhat-release (which is symlinked
to /etc/fedora-release)
$basearch comes from /bin/uname


On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 23:15, Robert Heaven wrote:

> I am curious where on my system yum looks up $releasever and
> $basearch.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 23:07, Robert Heaven wrote: 
> 
> > Thanks... here's the changes I put in my yum.conf...
> > 
> > [base]
> > name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
> > baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
> >         
> > ftp://ftp.ale.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
> > 
> > [updates-released]
> > name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
> > baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
> >         
> > ftp://ftp.ale.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:45, Michael Still wrote: 
> > 
> > > On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:36pm, Robert Heaven wrote:
> > > > Can I use ftp.ale.org as a repository in my yum.conf?
> > > >
> > > > In other words, can I modify my yum.conf to add the line:
> > > >
> > > > ftp://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
> > > > to the [updates-released] section?
> > > Yes.
> > > 
> > > I sync the updates 4 times a day and the root tree twice a day from the 
> > > official redhat servers.
> > > 
> > > I think all you really need to do is change the server name because I 
> > > replicated the directory path from the root with symlinks.
> > > 
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