On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 10:40, Dave Shield wrote: > Having got such a prompt response on the last request, > I thought I'd try my luck again. > > Another feature that would be useful, but I can't > immediately see how to do, is the ability to install > (or update or whatever) packages from just one of the > repositories listed in the yum.conf file. > > For example, if I've got a conf file > > ---------- > [redhat] > name=Red Hat Linux 9 os > baseurl=file:/usr/local/yum-repositories/RedHat > > [updates] > name=Red Hat Linux 9 updates > baseurl=file:/usr/local/yum-repositories/updates > > [others] > name=Local additions > baseurl=file:/usr/local/yum-repositories/other > ---------- > > I'd like to be able to do > > yum install '[others]' > > (with some syntax or other) to install all out local additions, > but without pulling in the whole of the base O/S or updates. > At the moment, I can do this by editing the conf file, > and commenting out the sections I don't need, but that's > a little cumbersome. > > The man page and usage output both mention "groupinstall", > and the like. But there's no further description of how > to define a group. And it's not clear whether that's the > same thing as a '[server]' anyway. > > If such a mode of operation is possible, please can > you provide an example of how to invoke it. > If not, would there be any interest in supporting this? > groups are just as groups are in red hat's comps.xml format. I think I've described groups in fairly good detail in previous posts to this list - check the archives. but if you want to just use one repo I'd recommend a separate conf file with just that repo then yum -c foo.conf mycommands here -sv
