[RFC] additional enhancements for RHEL3/4 for Dell system-specificrepo

Michael E Brown Michael_E_Brown at dell.com
Wed Apr 4 16:00:01 CDT 2007


On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 02:43:14PM -0600, Sturgis, Grant wrote:
> It is also very easy to outfit your RHEL 3/4 based system with yum and 
> to add repos as desired.

Yes, but this is a barrier to a significant number of users. I want to
enable the largest number of people to be able to use these repos "out
of the box". This lets people use the repos without installing *any*
additional software (with certain limitations).

> >     Simply download the appropriate file for your OS, and cut and paste
> > this config file fragment into your /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file.
> > 
> > WARNING: These are system-specific. Make sure you download and install
> > the specific one for the system you are running on, or you may not get
> > content appropriate for your system.
> > 
> >     Feedback appreciated.
> 
> Many thanks Michael, this is a strong effort and will be very useful.

You are welcome. More useful stuff coming, especially if I get good
feedback on what is out there so far...
--
Michael



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