Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:18:26 -0400 From: seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [Yum] First Yum Repository To: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <1093663106.8453.5.camel@binkley> Content-Type: text/plain >> 1. I've been told to move everything out of the default >> /var/yum/cache path and place it in /, creating a directory called >> repository. This is because the /var partiton could be overwritten >> during kernel upgrade/re-formatting and in /repository/yum/Fedora/etc it >> will be protected. > > //nothing gets overwritten during kernel upgrade. Not sure who told you //that but they're way out in left field. //You can put a repository wherever you want. There is no path limitation //on a repository tree. I was told that if I upgrade my FC1 server to FC2, /var will be overwritten so the repository had to be in it's own dir under /. We have an IT consultant on campus..that's where it came from, I just don't understand why..hence I'm asking you guys! >> 2. I have to exclude all kernel updates from automatically going >> through to the clients because otherwise I will just "break" the ws. Now >> is this what you guys have been recently talking about?..so I just drop >> an exclude line in the yum.conf? > > //why do you think it would break the workstation? A few people have said that when they've done a straight update with no kernel exclusions, often they lose specific drivers which has caused big problems, ie the ws fails to boot properly etc. I know I also have to exclude LDAP updates when using RADIUS, but are there any others I should be thinking of? Or is this a furphy and they must be doing something else wrong? > >> I was planning to use rsync to mirror another repo somewhere, preferably >> in Australia and then set the server to update nightly via cron.daily. I >> also have to go out thru a proxy and have set this in root's .bashrc as< >> set http_proxy="http://172.xx.xx.xx:<port>/"> but is this the best place >> really? > > //for now, yes, it is the best place. Then I still must be doing something wrong because it doesn't work. I can only get out thru the proxy when I manually enter #export http_proxy=etc every session //-sv Thanks so far, Tess
