Use createrepo on host A, deploy on host B?

[Patrick]

On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 08:34 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:21:35PM +0100, Patrick wrote:
> > I would like to make some rpms available via a yum repo but the Linux
> > box that hosts my domain does not have createrepo. Does anyone know if
> > it is possible to setup the directory structure on host A, add the RPMs,
> > run the appropriate createrepo command, stick everything in a tarball,
> > copy it to host B and unpack it. Will that result in a working yum repo?
> 
> Yes, that's fine. After all, the repo metadata isn't used by the server at
> all, but rather by the client.

That's great news. Saves me from having to find a different hosting
company. Thanks Matthew and Hikaru for your answers.

Regards,
Patrick