Simple way to update kickstart RPM files?

Campbell, Todd Todd_Campbell at premierinc.com
Sat Oct 2 11:49:49 UTC 2010


No, you would need to create a repository based on those RPM's.  Check out createrepo.

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"Campbell, Todd" <Todd_Campbell at premierinc.com> wrote:

>Actually there is a 'repo' Kickstart keyword that can pull in the updates automatically, no need for running 'yum -y update'.
>
>repo --name=<repository name> --baseurl=http://10.10.10.10/5.5/updates/x86_64/RPMS/
>
>This essentially merges the install media RPM's with the updates.

That sounds very good.  All I need are the RPMs?  No special directory
structure or metadata files?  Just plop them in a directory and point to
it per your example (except I'd use ftp)?

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