Yeah, the command module and either using yum --downloadonly or using yumdownloader (from the yum-utils package) followed by rpm is the way to go here. Adding a means for the yum module to download an rpm is probably a reasonable feature enhancement but it doesn't exist at the moment so the command module is the way to go.
-Toshio On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:38 AM, James Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a relocatable rpm that I would like to install into a different > directory. > > I have read that Yum doesn't really support this and a solution with yum is > to use > > yum install XXX --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp > > > Then use rpm and --prefix > > http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/yum/#relocatable > > I was wondering if there was any way of doing this with the core yum module. > > I appreciate that changing the install directory is not the best approach > but I have customers with non-standard release directories. > > My solution at the moment would be to use command and do things more > manually for this pesky rpm. > > Thanks > > James > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/ebccbb60-c62a-4287-a989-6b05cc524d71%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAG9juEqGB%2BYdPNE3PRTCM%3DZOR0ZtFh%3Daz1PhHQ%3DsZ7Fkc4Qw9Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
