In fc1 I used to download all the update rpm packages, and burnt them into a cd ( so I could use them to up date the other fc1 installations to avoid unnecessary long download again), when I proceed up dating, copy all of them into a fold named "rpms_update" in my hard drive, then mount this folder, do the followings;
1. Make a new yum config file named "yum-local.conf" : [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=fedora-release tolerant=1 exactarch=1
[/mnt/rpms_update] name=/mnt/rpms_update baseurl=file:///mnt/rpms_update/
2. Make header for downloaded rpm packages : yum-arch -v -q /mnt/rpms_update 3. Finally proceed the updating ; yum -c /etc/yum-local.conf -y update.
This way has been working fine until I installed the fc3. I used the same way above to install the downloaded rpm packages , step 1, 2 seems working o.k.( At least I didn't get any error message), but in step 3 when I enter the yum -c /etc/yum-local.conf -y update, the following displayed; * * THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED! yum should be generating xml metadata instead. Please see http://linux.duke.edu/metadata * * And I did go to that url and look through the whole content, all I understood is the yum has been changed and detailed usage of this new yum is not available there. I did google and found some info for configur, enable/disable ,to install package etc., and I can use them without problem, but I can't find info could enable me to do the update for downloaded rpm packages. I need help in fc3 to use yum for updating the downloaded rpm packages in local hard drive. TIA
