On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Miles O'Neal wrote:

> As a yum newbie, I find myswlf swamped.
> Using Connie's example from the ethereal
> thread, I checked for the samba package.
>
>   yum provides samba
>
> But this gives me every version of every
> package that contains samba in its name
> (unlike rpm).  How can I get just the
> info on the base package "samba" without
> the Amiga interface, the Martian translations,
> every gif with "samba" in its name, etc?

For info on the samba package, maybe try "yum info samba" ;-))

Could not resist,
  	Stephan

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