Hi

> I am slightly confused on the yum repositories that come "in the can" with
> SL...specifically the "dag" vs. the "dries" repo's, which seem to have a
> LOT
> of duplication....and in trying to figure out WHICH to use...or BOTH...I am
> having difficulty.  They seem to duplicate a lot of packages..but of
> course,
> there are some differences as well....so...what is the BIG DIFFERENCE
> between these to very full repositories?

These shall eventually merge , see:

http://rpmforge.net/
(http://rpmforge.net/about.php)
(http://rpmforge.net/packager/distributions/)

so maybe already using rpmforge would be good idea ? (I'm personally
using it on FC4).

> Also, if the COMPLIMENT each other, I'm assuming that there is no trouble
> activating BOTH of them?  I am also assuming that all of the rpms are
> compatible
> with each other...

No, you shall see no problems activating above: however in the past
there were some conflicts between DAG repo and ATrpms repo: I believe
this is resolved by now (Axel, the ATrpms maintainer reads this list
so maybe he could confirm ?)

> Second...the "contrib" and "bugfix" repose (shut off by default)...I see
> that the "contrib"
> repo adds a few things that don't come "in the can"...like kernel
> modules and such...

Indeed.

> fine.  The bugfix, which seems to be empty for the most part I'm
> assuming would be
> different from the errata..which is more interested in security fixes,
> right?

errata is supposed to be security fixes , bugfix - enhancements and ..
well .. bugfixes ... (it is mostly empty by now as RH releases most
bugfixes/enhancements only once per quarter).

> In a funky sort of way, I'm asking if it's advisable to turn on ALL of
> those repositories,

That's what I do on few systems: no real problems seen so far.
[which brings me to the very nice feature of apt that yum
(IMHO) is missing: one can specify repository precedence ..
I'm not sure if smartpm implements that concept too]

Jarek
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