[et-mgmt-tools] Way to Disable createrepo After cobbler reposync

[Michael DeHaan]

Demetri Mouratis wrote:
>> It sounds like you are expressing a problem with yum-utils's createrepo from
>> EL4 not working against EL 5 repos.
>> While this problem is new to me, you should probably run from an EL-5
>> server, that has a createrepo that can grok both.
>>
>> In either case, it's a problem with the createrepo program and not something
>> Cobbler is really involved with.  It may be solved
>> by a simple upgrade of the package.
>>
>> --Michael
>>     
>
> Agreed with the source of the problem.  I'm unable to upgrade to 5 for
> the cobbler server at this time.  The createrepo packge is the latest.
>  I'll pursue that separately.
>
> I wonder what value there is in rebuilding the repodata from a public mirror?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -D
>
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Latest as in "built from source" ?

If you rsync a repo and do not rsync all of it (such as using an 
excludes file to not pull down Open Office translations), you have to 
generate the repodata again.

--Michael