Terry Dwyer wrote:

> * I can't add/remove any applicatons in FC5; /usr/bin/pirut returns
> "Unable to retrieve software information"; Yum gives the same response.
> A few packages can be added using RPM with the installation DVD but
> this is impractical in the long run due to dependencies.
> Any ideas?
>
> *

check out this link - explains that so far pirut relies on network access
to update - for local updates you have edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages

Terry Dwyer wrote:

> * I can't add/remove any applicatons in FC5; /usr/bin/pirut returns
> "Unable to retrieve software information"; Yum gives the same response.
> A few packages can be added using RPM with the installation DVD but
> this is impractical in the long run due to dependencies.
> Any ideas?
>
> *

check out this link - explains that so far pirut relies on network access
to update - for local updates you have edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/YumRepoFromImages

Thanks for this URL; the DVD doc's reference PIRUS
but there is no mention of this "feature".