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« on: July 26, 2006, 09:08:04 AM »
I just found this post about the CentOS yum configuration. Will this CentOS feature also be implemented for the download mirrors for SME Servers?
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2006, 09:33:13 AM »
Quote from: "cactus"
I just found this post about the CentOS yum configuration. Will this CentOS feature also be implemented for the download mirrors for SME Servers?


It's already in the bug tracker:

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1163
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2006, 10:40:14 AM »
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It's already in the bug tracker:

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1163
Oops didn't check it there... I casted a vote for it. :-)
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2006, 12:03:26 AM »
I casted a vote as well ... right now with the problems ibiblio is having this would have stopped a lot of unnecessary questions on contribs.


Regards,

Tib

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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2006, 11:33:30 AM »
The yum-plugin-protectbase might be nice to use at the same time,  so the base repos doesn't get overridden

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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2006, 07:53:20 PM »
Quote from: "tosing"
The yum-plugin-protectbase might be nice to use at the same time,  so the base repos doesn't get overridden
Added as New Feature Request in the bugtracker as bug 1927.
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