On 12/27/2010 12:23 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 09:57 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: >> On 12/27/2010 09:11 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: >>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:09:05 +0200 >>> Johan Scheepers<johansche@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Good day, >>>> >>>> Using>> Fedora 14 x86_64 >>>> >>>> I am trying to locate the rpms that was downloaded when updating. >>>> >>>> These paths seems a blanks .. >>>> >>>> /var/cache/yum/x86_64/14/fedora/packages >>>> >>>> /var/cache/yum/x86_64/14/updates/deltas >>>> >>>> /var/cache/yum/x86_64/14/updates/packages >>>> >>>> Maybe somewhere else? >>>> >>>> If the above is correct, why no packages. >>> >>> By default, yum doesn't keep packages around after it's used them to >>> update or install. >>> >>> You can change this by modifying /etc/yum.conf and changing: >>> >>> keepcache=0 >>> >>> to >>> >>> keepcache=1 >>> >>> See 'man yum.conf' for more information. >>> >>> kevin >>> >> Thanks Kevin, >> >> Now could such saved packages be reused. >> >> Like storing them on a spare drive and then make a install of the same >> version on another drive or computer? Then updating that install with > > Johan, > > You're describing a local repository, possibly a complete mirror. If you > examine the directory structure of the Fedora 14 updates repository, > you'll see it's quite straightforward: > > SRPMS/ <-- src.rpm packages > repodata/ <-- compressed metadata files > i386/ <-- 32-bit i686 and noarch packages > drpms/ <-- x-y.drpm delta rpm packages > repodata/ > x86_64/ <-- 32-bit i686, noarch, 64-bit x86_64 rpms > drpms/ > repodata/ > > In a full repo, you may find the same i686 and noarch packages in both > i386/ and x86_64/ directories. They should be hard linked. > > You can use rsync to keep a local repo updated from a mirror site. With > modified .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/ that point to the local repo, > yum updates can be very fast. > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL > > > Thanks for the above. Will have to study this and some other methods using a single directory. Seen something like this on google... yum localinstall /home/myrpmdir/*.rpm I was thinking of updating a new install on another computer without using too much or any internet usage. Still studying Johan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
