> Is there any way to download all the required updates (on a machine that
> has Internet access, obviously) and save these downloads for the creation
> of the local repository you speak of? Let me clarify. The target system
> (with no Internet access) is in a customer site. The development system,
> which essentially 'mirrors' the target installation, is in our own lab and
> *does* have Internet access. So for us to update our (development) system
> is straightforward, and this system automatically 'knows' which updates to
> download as part of FC16's package update software. Since this system
> mirrors the target one, what would be ideal is for it to not just
> automatically install the updates, but merely download them as a first
> step - such that they can then be copied to a local repository that I will
> create. Then I can use this repository to update the development system
> as well as the target system. In other words, if the development system
> can be used to automatically download but *not* install the updates, it
> saves me the trouble of having to 'manually' determine which updates are
> required for the systems.
If you set keepcache=1 in /etc/yum.conf, yum will download the RPMs to
/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever/$reponame/packages, install them,
but not delete them: you can then transport these files to the target
site.
Might I ask, though: if the target computer has no Internet
connectivity, why do you want to update it? Are you after bugfixes or
security, and if the latter, is it possible to restrict access instead?
Hope this helps,
James.
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