Andrew Smith wrote:
> if it were only so easy....
> 
> There is no corresponding file in the x86_64 branch. There are yum-conf rpms 
> in .../x86_64/SL/, but those don't work either. 
The file should be:

ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5x/x86_64/SL/yum-conf-5x-1-8.SL.noarch.rpm
(after you've installed it check the contents of the files in
/etc/yum.repos.d/ and see if they point to the version you want)

> Also, it is a "noarch" file.

'noarch' means it doesn't contain any compiled binary files (which are
arch-specific). However this particular RPM contains config files which
happen to need to be different depending on the architecture.

Tim