yum makecache doesn't do what you want?
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-December/msg01061.html tells me that, "you can also run yum makecache to force yum to cache all the xml files from a repository's metadata and then use yum -C to run queries or get listing information. Clever people even script yum makecache to run periodically to keep the local cache synced. yum -C removes all network activity and uses only the local cache so unless you cache the packages locally as well.. you cant easily use yum -C to do installs or updates.. its very useful for check-update, list, search, and provides functionality." The last paragraph intrigues me. May be that is why we do not have 'yum -C ...' as the default behaviour. However is it not possible to cache all the metadata, and just retrieve the packages as needed? This coupled with the 'deltaRPM' thingie can greatly economise the bandwidth usage. Happy hacking, Debarshi -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
