On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 17:38, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:31:47PM -0600, Clif Smith wrote: > > As usual, I'm probably over-complicating the issue... > > > > Here's my dilemma. I need to QA software against various versions of my > > own company's software. Being that the versions come out at different > > times, I need to be able to build system1 with all updates as of > > software version1's release and then build system2 with all updates as > > of software version2's release. While I could image/clone/ghost/etc. > > systems various ways, I'd rather be able to build from scratch if needed > > as I get newer hardware from time to time which makes having a constant > > image a hassle. > > > > So, I'm thinking of magical apt/yum repositories which I could call on > > to do the heavy lifting. I'm assuming apt or yum as they'll handle the > > various dependencies so that everything is installed in the right order > > without a lot of trial and error. > > http://www.charlescurley.com/yum.html And for apt: https://moin.conectiva.com.br/AptRpm/Repositories Or, for that matter, you can just drop rpm's into a local directory and point apt to that using "rpm-dir" and you don't even need to specifically create a repository. On the downside having a big rpm-dir will slow down operations somewhat. - Panu -
