On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 15:00, Julien Olivier wrote:
> It would be *much* better if the same packages could be included
within a
> repository like
rpm.livna.org, so the user doesn't need to maintain an
> increasing list of repositories for individual packages.
Maybe something even better: isn't it possible for a repository to
automatically include another repository. For example, it would be great
if one repository could "depend" on more repositories (
rpm.livna.org,
macromedia.mplug.org,
jpackage.org etc...) so that end-users would only
have to add 1 line in there yum.conf and still get packages from many
repositories. It would be a kind of meta-repository.
Is it already do-able in apt/yum or should I file a request for
enhancement ?
Apt supports "meta-repositories" but only within a single server so it's
not really what you're asking for. Something like this could be done in
the mirror-selector (in fedora.us apt) but more generally support for
this could be included in the common repository metadata system.
- Panu -