On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 10:56 AM, nosp wrote: > > For me, I have one NFS directory all the machines can mount, and > symlinked /var/cache/yum/*/packages and /var/cache/yum/*/headers > to that > directory. I make sure one machine does a yum check-update and yum > upgrade before all the others, so there is only one writer to that > directory (practically speaking, though there is a danger). This is a neat trick, and definitely saves some bandwidth if your are at the far end of a very narrow pipe. However, it's not for the faint of heart! A lot depends on getting the timing exactly right, and that's not a trivial task. It's a game for trained professionals... Definitely in the class of "Don't try this at home, kids!" Disk is cheap. Doing the default thing -- duplicating the yum headers and packages per machine -- is definitely the safest plan. Enjoy! Rick
