8. Package Notes
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The following sections contain information regarding software packages that have undergone significant changes for Fedora 8. For easier access, they are generally organized using the same groups that are shown in the installation system.
8.1. Yum Changes
The installonlyn plugin functionality
has been folded into the core yum package. The
installonlypkgs and
installonly_limit options are used by default to
limit the system to retain only two kernel packages. You can
adjust the package set or the number of packages, or disable the
option entirely to match your preferences. More details are
available in the man page for
yum.conf.
The yum command now retries when it detects
a lock. This function is useful if a daemon is checking for
updates, or if you are running yum and one of
its graphical frontends simultaneously.
The yum command now understands a cost
parameter in its configuration file, which is the relative cost of
accessing a software repository. It is useful for weighing one
software repository's packages as greater or less than any other.
The cost parameter defaults to 1000.
8.2. Utility Packages
The cryptsetup-luks package has been renamed to cryptsetup.
The i810switch package has been removed.
This functionality is now available through the
xrandr command in the
xorg-x11-server-utils package.
The evolution-exchange package replaces evolution-connector, and provides a capability under the old name.
The system-config-firewall and system-config-selinux packages replace system-config-security-level. The system-config-selinux package is part of the policycoreutils-gui package.