On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
> > Dag Wieers wrote:
> > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am trying to use yam to create a repo based on the 4.4 CDs. I
> > > > have copied the contents of the CDs to /var/dist/CentOS-4.4-i386.
> > > > No matter what I try, yam always creates an emtpy repo.
> > >
> > > This is the wrong mailinglist. See the Yam website for the correct
> > > mailinglist.
> > >
> > >
> > > > This is my current yam.conf file:
> > > >
> > > > [main]
> > > > srcdir = /var/yam
> > > > wwwdir = /var/www/yam
> > > > arch = i386
> > > >
> > > > [centos]
> > > > name = CentOS $release ($arch)
> > > > release = 4
> > > > arch = i386
> > > > metadata = repomd
> > > > os = file:///var/dist/CentOS-4.4-i386/CentOS/
> > >
> > > Yam can handle the ISO files directly. Look at the examples that
> > > come with Yam. There is no need to copy the file from the ISO files.
> >
> > I'll try that again. The first time I tried it, I was intending to
> > share the repo with nfs and the ISO mounts caused problems with that.
> > I've since switched to http.
> >
> > But shouldn't there be a way to do this with the directory? I thought
> > that was what the file:// format was for?
>
> Ok, I tried again with the ISO files. My yam.conf is identical to
> above except that I've removed the 'os' line and added this:
>
> iso = CentOS-$release-$arch-disc?.iso
>
> Yam now populates the RPMS.os directory with links into the ISO
> mounts, but it does not create the repodata directory. I'm going to
> attempt to create it myself with the createrepo command, but it should
> happen automatically, right?
Do you have createrepo installed ? Did you use the -g option ?
Adding multiple -v options increases verbosity. Let me know if you find
the cause...
Kind regards,
-- dag wieers, dag@xxxxxxxxxx, http://dag.wieers.com/ --
[all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
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