On Monday 22 November 2004 06:19, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > > But what I would really like to do is _save_ rpms > > when I run "yum update" (or something similar) on my desktop, > > You actually do that unless you are running 'yum clean all' after > you finished with updates. Look around in subdirectories of > /var/cache/yum/. Try 'find /var/cache yum -name "*.rpm"' and check > what you got. See also in 'man yum' what are effects of various > 'clean' options. But could I nominate /var/cache/yum on my desktop as a yum repository, for use by other machines on my home LAN? Incidentally, I haven't understood how one keeps the metadata on a local repository up to date. Is one meant to run createrepo repeatedly? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland