> On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 11:36 +0200, Henning Markussen wrote: >> Hi >> >> Is there any way to specify an alternate RPM database in Yum (2.0.8)? >> In RPM there is --dbpath option, where you can specify a other than the >> one in /var/lib/rpm. >> >> My goal is to save the RPM's from a lot of servers on one central >> server. >> And on this server see if there is any RPM's that need to be updated. >> >> Unfortunately not all server's that have Internet access so I can't use >> Yum on the other servers. >> By collecting the RPM on this server I can script through the rpm dirs, >> and find out what servers needs updating. >> > > If your servers have access to a local network then you can setup a > local mirror of the repositories on the net and then they all can act > the same way w/o having to hack around by copying out the rpmdb. > > -sv > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > Hi Thanks for the quick answer! The problem is we multiple networks that can't reach each other. So not all servers could reach a central server. By scripts I can get all the rpmdb to a central server (very complex due to security reasons). Now I have all the rpmdb on one server and now I would like to know which servers need patching. If I could change the rpmdb then I could script through all server's against a repository and end up with a mail that lists, what rpms that needs to be updated. - Henning
