On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, BFD wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a computer on which I have installed FC1 from the original set of
> CD's released last October. I would like to bring it up to date but have
> only a dialup connection to use for downloads.
>
> I have another computer which I have been keeping current using up2date
> and leaving the files in the directory /var/spool/up2date. Is there a
> way that I can use these .rpm files to update the new system? I had
> thought that I could copy them to a CD and then use rpm freshen command
> against the new installation but this fails with warnings about headers
> or GPG keys or other dire warnings.
>
> Surely there has got to be a way to do this without having to download
> over 500 MB of files on a 56.6 modem connection when I already have the
> files at hand.
>
> Any suggestions?
1. 'rpm -F' doesn't check gpg - so something else is wrong. Error
message would have been useful. If it is GPG errors - you could do:
rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-1/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
2. With 'rpm -F' you'll have to be careful about kernel and glibc
updates i.e You'll have to match the update ARCH with the ARCH of the
currently installed packages. Verify this first by:
rpm -q --qf "%{NAME}-%{ARCH}\n" kernel glibc
Next install the correct kernel - and update the correct glibc*
libraries.
After this, you can freshen the rest of the packages.
3. It is easier to create a local yum repository with this 500MB of
packages - and let yum take care of things.
- copy rpm files from CD to a local rep - say /software/local-yum
- create yum meta data by: 'cd /software/local-yum; yum-arch .'
- now add this to your yum config (or up2date?) (perhaps a different
one without the other repositories on the net listed - for eg:
/etc/yum.conf.local)
[local-updates]
name=Local Updates copied via CD
baseurl=file:///software/local-yum
- now you can do 'yum -c /etc/yum.conf.local update
Satish
