Tom Horsley wrote:
On Thu, 2 May 2013 09:59:36 +0100 Frank Murphy wrote:
if # yum --downloadonly is invoked without --downloadir are the packages just kept in the yum cache?
Yep, they hang around till you actually run yum without --downloadonly, the automatic cache flushing doesn't happen till the packages are installed (which makes sense, but doing the sensible thing is not always what happens with software :-).
I keep the cache, then run a small script to upload the packages to a master repository, where a repo is created on a regular basis. The result is that if I install or upgrade a package on any of my machines, it winds up in the local repository and when needed on any other machine is available locally. I have Gbit on site and 12Mbit to the net, so saves time and bandwidth.