On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 03:37:20PM -0500, Bob Gorman wrote:
> Some problems with this approach:
>
> 1) Must be run from the RHEL system.
Any system with access to the RHEL channel(s).
> 2) up2date will only download RPMs installed on that system.
Not true. You can download any package that is in an available channel,
whether it's installed on that system or not. Yes, I've tested this.
> 3) The datestamp on the RPM is changed to the download date.
A quick script will extract the date of the package out of the rpm and
touch the file date. You should be able to whip that up in under 10
minutes. Hint, use --queryformat '%{BUILDTIME} on your rpm query.
--
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx
Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
--
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
