FC6 - How to update packages on kickstart server

Eric Sorenson ahpook at gmail.com
Thu May 10 19:02:54 UTC 2007


Actually mrepo (wonderful though it is) does not actually do what the
original poster wants.
He wants to take the RPMS from the cds and overlay downloaded updates
to build a new install tree. Ethan McCallam's 'novi' does this:
http://www.exmachinatech.net/01/novi/

On 5/10/07, Mike Jennings <mjenning at rackspace.com> wrote:
>
>
> On May 10, 2007, at 10:08 AM, Andy Meany wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I am new to kickstart.  I am setting up a kickstart server for Fedora Core
> 6.  I have all the RPMs from the original ISO images on my server.  I'd like
> to update the packages on the server so users don't always need to update
> packages immediately after install.  What is the best way to update the RPMs
> on my server?
>
>
> You want mrepo, http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/mrepo/
>
> It'll grab the latest updates for you.
>
> Mike




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