On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Theresa Chen wrote: > Is Freshrpm rsync enabled? If so, what module should I type into the > command line in order to get the packages from there? > > rsync -avH ayo.freshrpms.net::<MODULE?>/redhat/9/i386/freshrpms/RPMS/ . By strange chance, I'm currently documenting setting up a "first yum repository" in the HOWTO sources, and was just preparing to ask whether the general consensus for setting up a new repository was to use rsync of an original repository or mirror of a repository (that may or may not use yum already), wget of same (arguably requires less permissions) or something else. I'd also love to include specific examples of command invocations for creating a repository in these various ways, plus automating nightly cron update scripts one might use to keep one's local repository sync'd and up to date with the master, plus any other wisdom the list might care to offer here. For example, is it the consensus that best practice is to start with [base] repository that is a straight e.g. RHL mirror up to date within a day or two with RH's master images plus an [updates] repository where the updates are separated out and separately provided plus...? BTW, I'm not being obtuse about referring to the HOWTO a lot over the last couple of days without a URL -- it is just that it is still in SUCH a state of flux that it isn't even ready for comments. However, anybody who wants to look at it and comment anyway (probably privately back to me and not to the list, at least not yet) is welcome to do so. The pre-alpha-likely-to-change-on-a-timescale-of-minutes link is: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_HOWTO.php (which is the abstract page with a link to the actual howto one level down). I'll indicate in the HOWTO abstract on this page when I think that it is "really" open for comments; at the moment I'm only really soliciting comments from Seth and Michael or other really active developers. I don't even have the section layout and topics to be covered fully sorted out at this point, so criticizing it TOO much would be like shooting ducklings in a barrel. However, the first couple or three sections are "semi-finished" and perhaps worth a read. I'm also perfectly open (in the best open source tradition) to grafting in sections written by other volunteers, should anyone feel especially gifted and knowledgeable about, say, the One True Best set of guidelines for rpm builders trying to make rpm's that work well in an yum repository...as Seth requested be included. I'm using the linuxdoc dtd and if anybody wants to play I'll put up the actual sgml howto source snapshot on the abstract page as well. My makefile directly updates this (so I can "debug" in a browser connected to this website) so it really will change, um, "often". rgb > > Thanks a bunch, Theresa > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
