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Re: yum update problem when dag included as rpm source
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Axel Thimm <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Mar 2006 22:39:38 +0100
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On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 11:08:08AM -0600, Connie Sieh wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Jaroslaw Polok wrote:
> > Here at CERN for SLC4 in order to avoid such unpleasent surprises
> > we are using the yum protectbase plugin and label our repositories
> > as 'protected': ie any newer packages not coming from our repos
> > are excluded from yum transactions:
> > 
> > - Maybe it would be worth including that plugin in
> > SL (and configure it by default to enable repo protections) ?
> 
> We include that in the SLF site too.
> 
> What do others think?

From a 3rd party's POV this is a very bad idea, as it breaks our
repos.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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