On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 08:13 +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: > 2008/12/16 Gilboa Davara <[email protected]>: > > Hello Amos, > > > > As I'm using this script on full updated machines, I didn't really need > > the package versions. > > Either way, good to hear that it worked. > > The idea is that every "yum update" could fetch slightly different > versions - either because the auto-mirror picking ("mirrorurl"?) > picked a different one or if not using auto-mirror (using "baseurl") > the mirror has updated between the staging and the production > machines. > For staging, I did "yum update" to bring it fully up to date, as you say. > > E.g. yesterday I updated staging and got my QA guy to test the system > (and catch a couple of errors), and today I'll update production with > exactly the same versions, no matter what will be found on the > mirrors. > > Cheers, > > --Amos >
I'd guess that in your case, a local repo with a predefined set of updates is a far better solution. (It'll be far faster too) - Gilboa ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [email protected]
