On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Troy Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/07/2011 08:42 AM, Misc Things wrote: >> <skip> >> 8. run " createrepo /mnt/localrepo" - i can observe that it goes thru >> the packages, but doesn't pick up a new one. >> 8a. run " createrepo --update /mnt/localrepo" - does the same thing >> 9. yum search big_program.rpm - reveals nothing. >> >> the only way i got this to work is by removing the repodata folder and >> starting from scratch ( step 3 ). This is obviously not right.
> > You need step 8b > 8b run "yum clean all" > > This clears out yum's cache. (Yum caches the repository information for a > set period of time.) right you are Troy - if i don't clean it up I enjoy some odd errors during "yum install example.rpm". Your explanation makes a perfect sense. Thank you! Andrew
