On 01/27/2012 05:35 AM, Alan Pevec wrote: >> The original reasons for excluding yum were: >> * No python on the node (but vdsm pulled python in, so that's moot now) >> * Don't want folks running yum on a live oVirt Node image (we can >> address that by making yum impossible to run when the image is booted >> vs. offline) > > Good idea, also running oVirt Node has read-only rootfs, so any update > attempt would fail. > And for a graceful failure, we could have a yum plugin which aborts > transaction if it detects running Node, with a user-friendly message.
good idea re: plugin >> If we put yum on the node, then plugin installation could be as simple as: >> mount ISO >> cp foo.repo /etc/yum.conf.d/ >> yum install foo --enablerepo=foo > > Of course, you still need edit-livecd around this, which will handle > setting up chroot and repackaging updated rootfs back into ISO. yes, I sort of put that all into the magic of "mount iso" :) _______________________________________________ node-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/node-devel
