Exclamation mark in front of pulp repository names

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Hi,
Just installed a test VM via foreman/katello setup.
When I list repositories on the provisioned host, I see following:

yum repolist

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, package_upload, product-id,
search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

  • base: mirror.atlantic.net
  • extras: mirror.eboundhost.com
  • updates: mirror.beyondhosting.net
    repo id
    repo name
    status
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_centosplus_x86_64 7.2.1511
    centosplus x86_64 53
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_extras_x86_64
    7.2.1511 extras x86_64 228
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_os_x86_64
    7.2.1511 os x86_64 9,007
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_updates_x86_64
    7.2.1511 updates x86_64 991
    !example_org_epel_7_product_epel_7_repo_x86_64
    epel_7_repo_x86_64 9,692
    !exampleK_org_katello_prod_client_RHEL_7Server_x86_64 client
    RHEL 7Server x86_64 18
    !example_org_katello_prod_client_RHEL_7_x86_64
    client RHEL 7 x86_64 18
    base/7/x86_64
    CentOS-7 - Base 9,007
    extras/7/x86_64
    CentOS-7 - Extras 228
    updates/7/x86_64
    CentOS-7 - Updates 991

ls /etc/yum.repos.d/

CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Debuginfo.repo CentOS-Media.repo
CentOS-Vault.repo
CentOS-CR.repo CentOS-fasttrack.repo CentOS-Sources.repo redhat.repo

The repositories listed with "!" mark in their names are defined in the
"/etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo" file .

IS redhat.repo a default name?
Looks like it contains the repositories I added to the content view while
defining it.
What is the purpose of ! mark in the names?

Thank you,

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from yum man pages:
(the repo) will start with a ´!´ if the repo has meta-data that is expired.

We purposefully set the repos to be expired, so it re-downloads the
repomd.xml file (which is very small) and the repo is always up to date.

the reason we did that was after promoting a content view to a newer
version (with
changes), clients wouldn't see the updates without a yum clean all (or
waiting some
hours)

Let me know if you have any more questions.

John Mitsch
Red Hat Engineering
(860)-967-7285
irc: jomitsch

··· On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 8:14 PM, hrox wrote:

Hi,
Just installed a test VM via foreman/katello setup.
When I list repositories on the provisioned host, I see following:

yum repolist

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, package_upload, product-id,
search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

  • base: mirror.atlantic.net
  • extras: mirror.eboundhost.com
  • updates: mirror.beyondhosting.net
    repo id
    repo name
    status
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_centosplus_x86_64
    7.2.1511 centosplus x86_64 53
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_extras_x86_64
    7.2.1511 extras x86_64 228
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_os_x86_64
    7.2.1511 os x86_64 9,007
    !example_org_centos_7_prod_7_2_1511_updates_x86_64
    7.2.1511 updates x86_64 991
    !example_org_epel_7_product_epel_7_repo_x86_64
    epel_7_repo_x86_64 9,692
    !exampleK_org_katello_prod_client_RHEL_7Server_x86_64
    client RHEL 7Server x86_64 18
    !example_org_katello_prod_client_RHEL_7_x86_64
    client RHEL 7 x86_64 18
    base/7/x86_64
    CentOS-7 - Base 9,007
    extras/7/x86_64
    CentOS-7 - Extras 228
    updates/7/x86_64
    CentOS-7 - Updates 991

ls /etc/yum.repos.d/

CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Debuginfo.repo CentOS-Media.repo
CentOS-Vault.repo
CentOS-CR.repo CentOS-fasttrack.repo CentOS-Sources.repo redhat.repo

The repositories listed with “!” mark in their names are defined in the
"/etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo" file .

IS redhat.repo a default name?
Looks like it contains the repositories I added to the content view while
defining it.
What is the purpose of ! mark in the names?

Thank you,

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