[Spacewalk-list] some questions

[Michiel van Es]

Mike McCune wrote:
> Michiel van Es wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
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>>
>> My questions:
>>
>> -Do I get trouble downloading CentOS4 and CentoS 5 updates with reposync
>>   and pushing them in my satellite server?
> 
> do you still have the original (non Spacewalk) CentOS repos enabled in
> your /etc/yum/repos.d/ files?
> 
> If so it could be trying to pull updates from both your Spacewalk server
> and the CentOS repos which could be causing confusion.
> 
> how you have the repos enabled on your CentOS clients can help answer
> the questions below.

Yes, I have left the default /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-base.repo and 
/etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-media.repo in there.
Should I move them so they wouldn't be used anymore?
I dont see my own spacewalk repo in there but it is reading it from 
somewhere...where can I find my spacewalk repo defined?

> 
>> -Why doesn't spacewalk show me the updates above and only the bind*
>> updates and not the oother updates?
>> -If I want to install packages on clients (normal CentOS repo - base and
>> extra repo) do I have to make a special channel for those repo's too?
>> And do I have to configure the clients to use that extra channel too or
>> can I use 1 channel for CentOS 5 clients? (base, extras and updates)
>> -Did someone manage to use CentOS 4 client on the spacewalk server and
>> use CentOS 4 and 5 clients on the server?
>>
>> Sorry for all my questions , I am trying to figuring this beautiful tool :)
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>

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