On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Marja van Waes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 17/09/2012 15:12, Johnny A. Solbu wrote: > > On Monday 17 September 2012 13:51, Marja van Waes wrote: > >> If you don't use this option, but you do install in parallel, > >> what do you use instead? Does your alternative only work on > >> identical systems? > > > > I use a single command line for parrallel upgrades, that can be > > used for parallel package installation. === ssh root@comp1 -t > > "/usr/sbin/urpmi --auto-update" && ssh root@comp2 -t > > "/usr/sbin/urpmi --auto-update" && ssh root@comp3 -t > > "/usr/sbin/urpmi --auto-update" === If you have disabled root > > login, add sudo just before the urpmi command. (btw, I use ssh keys > > for auth and enforce "without-password".) Just replace > > "--auto-update" with "name of package" for installation. I use a > > similar line for managing updates on three Debian servers. > > > > Ah, nice Johnny, your command line can even be used across different > Mageia versions and arches :) > > Now it looks odd that I ever thought the MCC/drakrpm-edit-media > parallel option would only work on identical systems ;)
I think urpmi-parallel is not the same. It's using ka-tools or taktuk to do parallel transfert of the package files on the servers. I don't know if it is still working.
