Chris Rouch wrote: > On 3/12/08, Craig Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a rather (I expect) basic question about the mechanics of >> package installation. >> >> If it makes any difference to the answer, I am currently using yum >> under Fedora and/or CentOS, although I am thinking of at least trying >> out smart thanks to Axel's often urging on this list. >> >> I have a client-server package that I install on several systems >> (MythTV, if you care) and they *should* be running the same exact >> build to function properly, however... Typically, they don't all get >> done at one time and on occasion they end up with different builds. >> >> My question is: How do I go about updating later systems with the same >> .rpm that I used on earlier systems? Is the .rpm that has been >> installed on system A physically present there as a single file that >> could easily be moved (e.g. with scp) to system B and then locally >> referenced in the yum invocation (or better, referenced remotely from >> A) on B? If so, where should I expect to find the .rpm and how do I >> tell yum to install /the/package/at/this/location/existing.rpm? > > In /etc/yum.conf make sure > > keepcache=1 > > Then all packages will be in e.g. /var/cache/yum/atrpms/packages. > > I think "yum clean all" will delete them, but I always copy them to an > nfs exported directory so they can be used on other local machines. > > Chris >
Smart can be configured to keep the packages it downloads and treat the folder as another repo. It can both upgrade and downgrade, and the gui has a 'Content' tab that tells you where all the files in a packsge can be found. I don't think it knows much about choosing kmdls, though. http://labix.org/smart/config-options HTH John P _______________________________________________ atrpms-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users
