[mythtv-users] OT: Fedora repos?

[Joel Ostheller]

build from source... its easy

On 3/17/06, Dylan R. Semler <dsemler at macalester.edu> wrote:
>
> With FC5 coming out on Monday, I'll be doing a few re-installations.
> This time around I'd like to get my yum repositories strait and without
> complications.  Unfortunately, there seems to be some confusion
> regarding enabling ATrpms.
>
> I would like to enable atrpms, along with the RPMForge repositories for
> my 3rd party software, however Stanton-finely warns against it just
> above on this page:
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html#Yum
>
> which I guess is based on this information
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnMahowald/ATrpmsWarning
>
> which seems pretty strong.  However, the atrpms page maintains that it's
> completely compatible with many of the non-livna repositories.  Well,
> the technically say that they are in "cooperation," which doesn't
> necessarily mean that they are compatible.
> http://atrpms.net/repos/
>
> However, according to what Axel has said on this list, the only way to
> reliably update myth is through enabling the entire atrpms repo and doing
> yum update
> yum update myth\* is very bad and can result in problems and therefore
> shouldn't be used
>
> So what does one do?  These people on the fedora sites seem to say that
> atrpms is incompatible with the *core* fedora distribution and "is not
> advised."  However, the atrpms site seems to indicate the contrary, and
> that is is compatible with RPMForge and the like.  Furthermore, Axel
> maintains that the only proper way to update myth is to have the entire
> repository enabled in yum.
>
> What have people been doing?  Is enabling atrpms entirely not as
> dangerous as people make it out to be, or should I just forget atrpms
> and build from source?
>
> Dylan
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