> -----Original Message----- > From: joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Mon, 05 May 2008 08:05:49 -0700 > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: rollback yum update for a single package? > > Alec O'Neill wrote: >> Thanks for your feedback, Chet. >> >> Looks like none of the old RPMs are available anymore. >> >> The environment is an undocumented bunch of small boxes, most of them >> running some web environment on top of RHEL ranging from 2.1 to 5.1. No >> two boxes are the same. >> >> Unless someone knows how to rebuild packages based on the binaries on >> the system, I guess I'll just have to risk it. >> > > > One way to enable rollback is to set the following value in your > /etc/yum.conf: > > tsflags=repackage > > This will place the removed RPM in /var/spool/repackage > > I also enable this for the rpm command, by placing the following entry > in /etc/rpm/macros: > > %_repackage_all_erasures 1 > > > This will also place the "erased" RPM in /var/spool/repackage. > > I would also recommend setting up a process to prune these packages > before big patching events to make rolling back easier (ie, no guess > work on which packages you've updated). > > HTH, > Josh Miller, RHCE Yes, that sure does help, Josh. But to take this one step further, could you repackage without erasing? I'd like to keep upgrade times to a minimum, so ideally, I'd run a yum check-updates, repackage all the ones that need updating, and then run the update during the maintenance window. Thanks, Alec ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
