> > > A few months ago I downloaded all the updates and loaded them onto a CD. > > > Now a colleague want to set up a system off line (that may go online > > > to a bandwidth limited account later). > > > > > > What I want to do is loan him my CD and have, say, yum use the CD to > > > update his system? > > > > > > Alternatively is ther some sort of shell script that I can use that will > > > check that he has a particular package installed then upgrade it if > > > necessary. > > > > > > Does rpm -U -all check packages first? > > > > > > Michael > > > > As far as I know yum will not update from a cd. It uses the download > > repositories to download and update your system via rpm. > > 'rpm -Fvh *.rpm' usually is sufficient (except for updates that > introduce new depencies) > > If you'd like to use yum - you can always create a local repository > for these updates (perhaps create this info & burn it into the CD) > > To use the updates on cd via yum, the process would be: > > - by whatever means - create a local repository location. > For eg: > mkdir /tmp/yum-local-repo > cd /tmp/yum-local-repo > cp /mnt/cdrom/*.rpm . [or ln -s /mnt/cdrom] > > - Now create the yum header info > yum-arch . > > - Add this new repository location to /etc/yum.conf > > [local-updates] > name=Local Udates via CD/copy > baseurl=file:///tmp/yum-local-repo > > - Now 'yum update' should work. > > Satish > > Thanks very much Satish. I didn't know about yum-arch. I learn something new with linux everyday. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
