On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 10:31 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Bob Gustafson wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 16:54 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> I have here the beta ISO, the snapshot ISO, and the contents of /var/cache/yum > >> which I run with cleanup off. When the final release day comes, is there a way I > >> can tell jigdo to use that combination to reduce the network traffic and server > >> load? > >> > >> RELATED: can I do some magic on /var/cache/yum to get the old install DVD to use > >> the new stuff? My test with createrepo seemed to generate a local repo which > >> worked for after the fact install and update, I'm just trying to avoid > >> installing obsolete packages and blowing them away again, on a slow machine that > >> really rots. > >> > >> -- > >> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > >> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > >> the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > >> > > > > I think it is possible to use an old DVD (such as a test preview disk) > > as one of the repositories for jigdo. Then you only need to download > > component rpms that are newer than what is on the DVD. > > > That's what I'm trying to avoid! I *have* all of the RPMs, or at least many of > them, in /var/cache/yum, because I have "keepcache=1" in /etc/yum.conf. That's > how I speed updating multiple machines, they all share (at least at update time) > an NFS mounted /var/cache/yum. Updating an existing F11 is different than F11 (virgin Install|Upgrade on top of an F10 system). I'm trying to speed up the Test-Change-Test cycle for the F11 Install DVD so that Anaconda gets more testing of many different systems (raid is my need). A LAN connected repo sounds like a good idea for folks with an extra system and an Anaconda smart enough to use it. A slim DVD with only Anaconda and necessary boot time utilities - then reach out to LAN repo for the rest. However, for those testers in the F11 DVD test-change-test loop with one system, jidgo DVD image creation with a recent DVD in the drive is a quick way to create a new install DVD image. And it is possible now. > > But when I 'createrepo' on the cached RPMs I get a repo I can use for update > *after* the install, while providing other repos at the time of the install so I > don't install the old package and then update it, but install the latest the > first time. So I want to build a new install DVD, but make use of all the stuff > I have already downloaded. > > > In theory, you could use this process to get increasingly more recent > > test DVDs, using the last test DVD as a repository. You only need to > > download the changes. Would speed up the Test-Change-Test cycle too. > > -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
