> We want "yum install" to check the local repository before checking other mirror repositories. Is this possible? yes, just give it a smaller cost in the .repo file cost=400 for example [local-fedora-cache] name=cache for fedora- i386 failovermethod=priority baseurl=file:///opt/cache/fedora/packages/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 cost=400 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:14 PM, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 11:12 -0400, Phil Li wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We want "yum install" to check the local repository before checking >> other mirror repositories. Is this possible? >> >> The man page of yum.conf says "If you list more than one baseurl= >> statement in a repository you will find yum will ignore the >> earlier ones and probably act >> bizarrely. Don't do this, you've been warned." >> >> We would like to create a local repository, which only contains >> essential packages. Even without Internet connection, students can >> practice using yum to install certain packages. However, if the >> Internet connection is available and the packages are not available >> locally, yum will search the online repository (e.g. >> mirrors.kernel.org). Is this possible? > > > you can have multiple urls on a single baseurl= line in a conf file - > that's just defining different mirrors. However, typically, that means > you have a local mirror, not a partial copy of some of the data. > > If you really want to do that, I'd suggest copying the pkgs you care > about to local but making sure the metadata is identical to what's on > the upstream mirror. Then you can specify the additional baseurl and yum > will move through each of them until it finds a responsive/working > mirror. > > does that help? > -sv > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
