how do i create a 'repodata' folder for a local yum repository ?

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Mon Nov 22 16:07:25 UTC 2004


On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:55:37AM -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> 
> If you selectively pull packages from a repository into a local
> directory, then you have to regenerate metadata with createrepo that
> is specific to the small collection of packages you have locally if
> you plan to use that local packagegroup as a repo. I'd like to point
> out that yum's package cache is a selective pull of packages and is
> not a complete mirror. If you plan to use yum's packace cache you need
> to run createrepo against the directory to regenerate the metadata
> everytime you cache a new update.

Can the cache be nfs (rw) exported?

Regards,
Luciano Rocha




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