Bruce Richardson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:48:23AM +0100, Patrick Debois wrote: > >>> The only sure way to control what is pushed/pulled to your systems is to >>> maintain a local package mirror. Then you can make sure that only >>> the packages you want are visible to your hosts. >>> >>> >>> >> So that means, you would need to setup a repository per patch >> combination you want to test? >> > > You didn't way you wanted arbitrary combinations, just combinations up > to an arbitrary date, which is simpler to manage. You don't even need > genuine multiple mirrors; you could use dirvish or rdiff-backup to > create a series of apparent snapshots. > > Nice idea to use dirvish: that would indeed allow me to avoid duplication of the repository and if i understand it right, i can have different enviroments use different snapshots at the same time. f.i. dev and test on repository X and pre-prod on version Y
>> Even when you sync a repository, you always get the latest version >> mirrored. That means if I need to re-install a machine and rebuild the >> repository, I can't get it in the same state I want. >> > > Debian manages that problem with it's release structure, but you > probably don't want to hear that. > > Would it make sense to use the Build Date or the Signature date for this? # rpm -qi httpd Name : httpd Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.2.3 Vendor: CentOS Release : 11.el5_2.centos.4 Build Date:* Wed 12 Nov 2008 04:43:28 PM CET* Install Date: Wed 04 Mar 2009 04:33:54 PM CET Build Host: builder10.centos.org Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.src.rpm Size : 3054248 License: Apache Software License Signature : *DSA/SHA1, Wed 12 Nov 2008 11:54:27 PM CET, Key ID a8a447dce8562897* URL : http://httpd.apache.org/ Summary : Apache HTTP Server Description : The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server. >> Is there any way to retrieve the date a package was released? I've been >> thinking of writing a yum-filter but don't find the exact release-date info. >> > > If you used dirvish to make a snapshot of your yum repo every time you > update it, you can always go back to a particular state of the repo. > It's a lightweight solution. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
