Stephan Wiesand wrote:
> 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,

Indeed, but the following might be more generally useful:

     yum list \*samba\*

and then, e.g.,

     yum info samba-swat

					- Mike
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