On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:16:17 -0400, you wrote: >Ideally one should be able to use the RHN front end interface to tell >50 machines to all grab the same package. Then that package should be >fetched from a local repository. > > From what I've seen of yum & current so far, it seems like you lose the >nice front end interface in order to gain a local repository. the up2date available in rawhide and as an upgrade to severn now supports apt and yum downloads.