On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:08 PM, stan <gryt2@xxxxx> wrote: >> >> $ yumdownloader --source <package> >> >> >> > That's true if you are getting the package for the currently running >> > system, and it is how I get src.rpm packages on F15. But doing >> > that on F14 will not get an F15 package. The OP is running F14 and >> > wants newer kernels. I didn't, however, check whether >> > yumdownloader has an option like yum to set other repositories >> > while dowloading. There could be, and in that case your suggestion >> > will work with a little tweaking. >> >> $ yumdownloader --releasever=15 --source <package> >> > > Thanks for that. After your post I looked at the options for > yumdownloader, and it turns out it inherits options from yum, and this > is one of them. Here's what it says about that option: > > --releasever=version > Pretend the current release version is the given string. > This is very useful when combined with --installroot. Note that with ... > > Do you know if a yum clean meta would clean up the cache corruption > after doing this? It appears to store the information separately. I haven't had any problems using this. I don't think you need to do anything afterwards. > Does this mean it is possible to update a non-running system by using > releasever and installroot? e.g. update F14 from F15 > yum -y update --releasever=14 --installdir=<path to F14 root> I would think so but have never tried that. I usually do the 'chroot /mtn/sysimage' method.After that I would think it would properly detect the release of the chroot regardless of the rescue system you booted. Richard -- 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
