Thanks for the suggestions! > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Sears > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 12:48 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: keeping up2date from going to rhn > > On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 11:29 -0500, Blackburn, Marvin wrote: > > I have several systems that are very similar in configuration. > > I have downloaded the rpm's and headers into a tmpdir. > > > > Is there anyway I can run up2date against this tmpdir > > without having it go out to rhn and looking for "newer" packages. > possibly by setting it up as a local yum repository and editing > /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources > to point at it? > > if it is just package downloads you want to avoid, you can > up2date -u -k /tmp/dir:/other/tmp/dir > to tell up2date to look in those directories for package files > > > > What I want to do is build a static depot to go against, and > > upgrade my 5 systems over the next month, without worrying > about newer > > packages that may come out. > you could also just cd to the relevant directory and... > rpm -ivh kernel-2... (for the *latest* kernel you have there) > rpm -Fvh *.rpm (to install the relevant updates from all the remaining > packages) > > Stuart > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
