karsten wrote: > Hello Seth, > > This may be an old question, but I couldn't find it in the archives. > > Is there a way to make yum prefer a "low-cost" repository? > Yum is still supposed to download the newest package, but is multiple > repositories offer the newest package, then one of these repositories > may be preferred. > > An example.... > Now I have a few hundred machines that I want to update rom scratch. > Obviously it is easier to take one machine and update it from scratch > and then take all rpms from that one and fill it into a local > repository. I don't know about you, but I still haven't had my external > line upgraded to GHz. Something about costs... > Now when the other machines are to update, then it would be nice if they > said: Great - but the package is available on the low-cost repo so we > download from there. > > > Is it possible? Since you're setting up a local mirror anyways, why point to an external one at all? It seems like it would be simpler just to regularly update your local mirror/repository and only point you machines to that mirror.
