RPM installation via http

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On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:28:05 -0700, "Rick Stevens"
<rstevens at vitalstream.com> said:
> On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 11:36 -0600, redhat at buglecreek.com wrote:
> > Is anyone aware of a way to install multiple rpm packages via a http
> > server on a local lan.  For example, two systems running the same
> > version of redhat os. One server has apache running on it and has all
> > the packages in /var/www/html/up2date/ via a sym link to
> > /var/spool/up2date.  When I try to do rpm -Fvh
> > http://192.168.100.2/up2date/*.rpm I get the following error: "error:
> > File not found by glob: http://192.168.100.2/up2date/*.rpm"  When I try
> > this with a specific rpm package name it works fine.  When I connect a
> > browser to the http server all the packages are there.  I know I could
> > use a nfs mount to accomplish this, but would like to do this via http
> > if possible.  We have all the entitlements to cover the various boxes,
> > but due to bandwidth issues at field offices it would be nice to be able
> > to share these updates between like boxes on local lans without having
> > to hit rhn or
> > our HQ rhn proxy.
> 
> You have to remember that globbing on a command is processed by the
> shell BEFORE the command is executed.  The glob won't work on HTTP or
> FTP operations since the shell doesn't know how to use HTTP or FTP to
> get filelists.  I think rpm itself is smart enough to do what you need,
> so you might try the command:
> 
> 	rpm -Fvh http://192.168.100.2/up2date
> 
> That way rpm will pick up the filelist.
> 
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Tried your suggestion with the following results:
> rpm -Fvh http://192.168.100.33/up2date/
Retrieving http://192.168.100.33/up2date/
/var/tmp/rpm-xfer.t8sHXB: not an rpm package (or package manifest):

Looking at /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.t8sHXB it appears to simply be a html page
containing a directory listing of what is in /up2date.  Any other
suggestions? 

Thanks