> Testing isn't so much the issue as reproducing the installation > of the same set of packages you tested. In my opinion, a > program intended to help with package management should permit > that easily even if someone adds some new files to the > repository after you start testing. It's not quite impossible > with yum, but its not something I'd call handy. On the test machine leave the packages in the cache. Then use a separate script to extract all packages from the cache and put them in a new repository. Have the critical machine only pick up packages from your local repository. Someone on this list posted a script which can be used to keep your local repository trimmed to only the latest versions (repomanage.py). With this setup it becomes a trivial task to delay files going into your repository for a few days. Adam Lelean
