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Why isn't a package available in a repo?

I am using priorities. I am trying to install git from the PUIAS repo. Why doesn't it show as available? Thank you

Code:

[root@michaels gitlab]# yum repolist

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

 * PUIAS_6_computational: puias.math.ias.edu

 * Webmin: download.webmin.com

 * base: centos.mirror.freedomvoice.com

 * epel: mirror.pnl.gov

 * extras: mirror.anl.gov

 * ius: mirror.sothatswhy.org.uk

 * updates: centos.sonn.com

595 packages excluded due to repository priority protections

repo id              repo name                                      status

PUIAS_6_computational PUIAS computational Base 6 - x86_64              1,975+487

Webmin                Webmin Distribution Neutral                            175

base                  CentOS-6 - Base                                      6,367

epel                  Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64  10,556+101

extras                CentOS-6 - Extras                                      14

ius                  IUS Community Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 -      257+2

updates              CentOS-6 - Updates                                    711

repolist: 20,055



[root@michaels gitlab]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/PUIAS_6_computational.repo

[PUIAS_6_computational]

name=PUIAS computational Base $releasever - $basearch

mirrorlist=http://puias.math.ias.edu/data/puias/computational/$releasever/$basearch/mirrorlist

#baseurl=http://puias.math.ias.edu/data/puias/computational/$releasever/$basearch

enabled=1

priority=90

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-puias



[root@michaels gitlab]# yum list all git

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

 * PUIAS_6_computational: puias.math.ias.edu

 * Webmin: download.webmin.com

 * base: centos.mirror.freedomvoice.com

 * epel: mirror.pnl.gov

 * extras: mirror.anl.gov

 * ius: mirror.sothatswhy.org.uk

 * updates: centos.sonn.com

595 packages excluded due to repository priority protections

Available Packages

git.x86_64                        1.7.1-3.el6_4.1                          base

[root@michaels gitlab]#

No mystery here. You have that repo set at priority 90,.. so the base repo set at priority 1 is overriding it.

Quote:

595 packages excluded due to repository priority protections

Generally what we do is use the yum enablerepo/disablerepo parameters to install a program from a specific repository, to avoid using priorities.

example output:

Code:

#yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=epel repolist

Loaded plugins: security

repo id                            repo name                                                                status

epel                              Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64                            10,657

repolist: 10,657

Thanks szboardstretcher, I obviously wasn't thinking.

I tried the following, but resulted in an error since git needed a dependency. Got around it by disabling priorities, but would like to know the proper way to do it.

Code:

yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=PUIAS_6_computational install git

Priorities works. It's not 'wrong' to use it. But, IMO, it becomes a real pain in the ass to keep it working correctly across 100+ servers.

But to find dependencies ahead of time,. you can install yum-utils, and use:

Code:

repoquery --requires packagename

Then enable and disable from there.

That sounds like a pain. I would have thought there would have been a way to specify a repository for a given package. Why not just for the few times you want to override your priorities, do as follows? Will this cause problems when upgrading?

Code:

yum --disableplugin=priorities install git