RHEL yum RHN

[Ed Wilts]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 02:12:50PM -0600, Alfred Hovdestad wrote:
> What I used to do in my 7.3 days was to install *everything* on one 
> server and configure it to keep the RPMs.  I would run up2date on it, 
> download all of the new RPMs, and NFS export the rpm directory to my 
> other Red Hat 7.3 boxes.  Then I would run rpm -Fvh *.rpm on the rest of 
> the desktops.  After installing the new RPMs, I would then run up2date 
> -p on each box to re-sync with RHN.
> 
> That worked most if the time, except when a new packages was released 
> which changed the dependency requirements.  Then I had to up2date each 
> box one at a time.

Also, it only works if all of your systems have identical architectures.
Throw in a x86_64 and all bets are off.  You would not be the first
person to install the wrong architecture package and end up with a
totally hosed system.

Face it - what you're trying to do is a hack.  It's totally unsupported,
and although it may work most of the time, there is definite room for
error and system hosability.

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Ed Wilts, RHCE
Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
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