When you install SL5.2, in /etc/yum.repos.d I expect you to find, as 
for SL5.1, the following set of files which I interpret as referring to 
"recommended (and compatible) repos":

atrpms.repo, flash.repo, sl-contrib.repo, sl-fastbugs.repo, 
sl-security.repo, sl-testing.repo, dag.repo, sl-bugfix-52.repo, 
sl-debuginfo.repo, sl.repo, sl-srpms.repo

The repos are enabled by having "enabled=1" instead of "enabled=0" lines 
in their corresponding files.  Only the sl and sl-security ones are 
enabled by default.

Steven Yellin

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Claudiu Tanaselia wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I used SL Linux a few years ago and now I'm back, hopefully for a
> longer time than before. I've searched the list for the following
> question but didn't find a clear answer, so here it goes and please
> apologize if the question was answered before: what are the (most)
> recommended (and compatible) repos to use with SL 5.2 distribution?
> (not considering the official ones, for updates and security patches,
> provided by SL team). I've seen that livna only supports Fedora and
> I'm not very familliar with rpm-based repos. Others I found where DAG
> and ATrpms. I don't know if I remember correct, but I think that last
> time I've enabled a non-oficial repository, compatible with RHEL, and
> succesfully used it with SL.
>
> Thank you,
> -- 
> Claudiu Tanaselia
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