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.
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