Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Concretely, I want yum to look first in /var/cache/yum/updates on
my
> laptop, then in alfred:/var/cache/yum/updates on a local machine,
> and then in the remote repository.
Why would you want yum to look in /var/cache/yum/updates on the local
system?
I just assumed that yum did look there first
(I don't think yum goes to the remote repository
if the RPM is already in the local directory?),
and I was suggesting that a second option should be added.
The only thing that should be there are things already
installed. Or do you install and remove things frequently?
I install frequently, but remove rarely.
> I've looked at a couple of the sites mentioned in this
thread, and I
> am afraid the instructions are simply too complicated to follow.
> (The document you mention seems to have over 100 pages, which to me
> is information over-kill.)
I'm sorry that the information isn't presented in small enough bites
for your taste. The section on creating a private mirror is only a
few paragraphs and links to IntelligentMirror if you'd rather check
that out.
I don't think I really want to create a private mirror,
which sounds rather complicated.
The default of running "yum update" on my small menagerie
is quite acceptable;
any alternative would have to be almost as simple.
As to supplying information in small bites,
that is indeed probably what I want.
A document that contains the answer to every question in the universe
is only slightly more useful than a document that contains nothing.
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