Here is my script for doing this:
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#!/bin/bash
# If /var is full then we couldn't install or upgrade anything anyway
df -h /var | grep -q 100% && echo Exiting yumupdate - /var is full && exit 1
# Test lockfile's existence, if it doesn't exist, create it
if [ -f /var/run/yumupdate ]; then
echo Exiting yumupdate - yumupdate already running
exit 1
else
touch /var/run/yumupdate
fi
# Run yum itself, then clean the cache/packages/headers/metadata it downloaded
nice yum -e 0 -d 0 -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=*-update update
nice yum -e 0 -d 0 -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=*-install \
install "*" 2>&1 | grep -v "No Match for argument"
yum -e 0 -d 0 clean all
# Clean up lockfile and exit cleanly
rm -f /var/run/yumupdate && exit 0
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Using wildcards with *-update and *-install is very convenient.
Joshua
On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 05:49:21PM -0400, Prayther, Aaron wrote:
> I'm new to YUM but was looking for a way to manage a number of systems,
> more or less centrally. The key was that I wanted to not only to
> "update" but "push" and... I think... this is going to work for me.
>
> Is this an appropriate way to achieve a centrally managed update and
> push?
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/yum ]; then
> /usr/bin/yum -R 10 -e 0 -d 0 -y -c http://ljads2/rhel4/yum.conf
> update yum
> /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -y -c http://ljads2/rhel4/yum.conf
> update
> /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -y -c http://ljads2/rhel4/yum-
> push.conf install
> fi
>
>
>
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