Main] Options - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

[myrepo]
name=RHEL 5 $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://local/path/to/yum/repository/
enabled=1
A typical /etc/yum.conf file is made up of two types of sections: a [main] section, and a
repository section. There can only be one [main] section, but you can specify multiple repositories in
a single /etc/yum.conf.

12.4.1. [main] Options

The [main] section is mandatory, and there must only be one. For a complete list of options you can
use in the [main] section, refer to man yum.conf.
The following is a list of the most commonly-used options in the [main] section.
cachedir
This option specifies the directory where yum should store its cache and database files. By default,
the cache directory of yum is /var/cache/yum.
keepcache=<1 or 0>
Setting keepcache=1 instructs yum to keep the cache of headers and packages after a
successful installation. keepcache=1 is the default.
reposdir=<absolute path to directory of .repo files>
This option allows you to specify a directory where .repo files are located. .repo files contain
repository information (similar to the [repository] section of /etc/yum.conf).
yum collects all repository information from .repo files and the [repository] section of the
/etc/yum.conf file to create a master list of repositories to use for each transaction. Refer to
Section 12.4.2, "[repository] Options"
the [repository] section and .repo files.
If reposdir is not set, yum uses the default directory /etc/yum.repos.d.
gpgcheck=<1 or 0>
This disables/enables GPG signature checking on packages on all repositories, including local
package installation. The default is gpgcheck=0, which disables GPG checking.
If this option is set in the [main] section of the /etc/yum.conf file, it sets the GPG checking
rule for all repositories. However, you can also set this on individual repositories instead; i.e., you
can enable GPG checking on one repository while disabling it on another.
assumeyes=<1 or 0>
This determines whether or not yum should prompt for confirmation of critical actions. The default
if assumeyes=0, which means yum will prompt you for confirmation.
If assumeyes=1 is set, yum behaves in the same way that the command line option -y does.
tolerant=<1 or 0>
When enabled (tolerant=1), yum will be tolerant of errors on the command line with regard to
packages. This is similar to the yum command line option -t.
The default value for this is tolerant=0 (not tolerant).
for more information about options you can use for both
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