[ale] Fedora Core 2 Updates

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 15:56, Brian J. Dowd wrote:
> Yes, /mnt/cdrom.
> That brings up another problem. I have lost some X files (sorry, 
> couldn't resist) when updating one of my systems and I need to reset 
> them back from the Fedora Core 2 disk. Using the original media to 
> "Update" plows through as if it is overwriting all files with the 
> original distribution and then announces "success". No gui, X still 
> won't run. In rpm there is a "force" parameter to overwrite newer files 
> with the original, older ones. Any ideas on how to accomplish this in yum?
> -Brian

'RPM -qV name' will check the validity of rpm 'name'.  It should tell
you if those files are correct, or not.  If you find a package that is
bad, just 'rpm -ivh package-x.y-z.rpm --force' should reinstall it.

Michael

> >/mnt/cdrom instead of /dev/cdrom, if convention stands?
> >
> ># -----Original Message-----
> ># From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On 
> ># Behalf Of Brian
> ># J. Dowd
> ># Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:58 AM
> ># To: cfowler at outpostsentinel.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> ># Subject: Re: [ale] Fedora Core 2 Updates
> ># 
> ># 
> ># I have not tried this but ...
> ># in the yum.conf file there are sections which provide repository URLs 
> ># for yum to search for updated headers and files. After the line which 
> ># starts with "baseurl" below, insert in the path to your CDROM
> ># such as 
> ># file:///dev/cdrom/redhat/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os
> ># or whatever the proper device and directory is on your CD. Be sure to 
> ># update the "[base]", "[base-debuginfo]"  and other sections.
> ># You should not have to revert these changes to the yum.conf file when 
> ># you are done (so that you can continue to get the newest updates the 
> ># next time) as long as you don't keep the CD in the tray. Yum is smart 
> ># enough to try the next useable repository (which would be hiwaay.net 
> ># online in the example below) in that case.
> ># Good luck!
> ># -Brian
> ># 
> ># Example:
> ># 
> ># [base]
> ># name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
> ># baseurl=file:///dev/cdrom/redhat/fedora/linux/core/$releasever
> ># /$basearch/os
> >#   
> ># http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/
> >$basearch/os
> >  http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/$releasever/$basearch/os
> >  
> >http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$
> >basearch/os
> >  
> >http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
> >RPMS.os
> >  http://fedora.redhat.com/releases/fedora-core-$releasever
> >#gpgcheck=1
> >Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I've downloaded and burned the FC2 DVD.  I want to download all the
> >>current updates and place them on DVD because when I run yum and
> >>download over http it is too slow.  Is there a way I can tell yum
> >>be command line or /etc/yum.conf to look at my update DVD for the
> >>updaets?
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>    
> >>
> <snip>
> 
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