On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Nielsen, Steve wrote: > I am using rsync now but when I want to merge the updates I get from > rsync into my distro area (for kickstart installs) that is where it > becomes a problem. Basically that is what I am asking is what tools do > people use to merge updated RPMs into the distribution area. > So the basic steps would be: > rsync down the updates > merge udpates into distro <--- here > rebuild the hdlist If I understand you, another possibility is to mirror an updates repository into an updates directory separate from the primary/original distribution, install using kickstart as usual, and finish off with a yum update as one part of the %post. Yum lays the updates on top of the existing installation just perfectly. That's what I always do. Then you just mirror a standard release and updates tree (which can even be in the same repository, separate directories, no need to actually "merge" anything). In fact, I think a lot of repositories do the same. rgb > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert G. Brown [mailto:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:54 AM > To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified > Subject: Re: [Yum] Maintaining yum repositories > > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Nielsen, Steve wrote: > > > What I have found so far is autoupdate . There is not much else out there. > > Anonymous rsync? That's the methodology recommended in the yum article > and howto, where the site that you are mirroring permits it. rsync has > certain advantages as it tries to be very efficient and only get what is > changed. > > There is a scriptlet that will rsync the fedora core from > mirror.dulug.duke.edu in the article. You may want to play with the > depth of the rsync target, depending on whether you want to grab the > iso's and source rpm's. I've rewritten the script to go to the > 1/i386/os level (IIRC without looking). > > rgb > > > > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > _______________________________________________ > 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
