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Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: can I use yum to download to a holding place and then update othermachines with the dl files
Hi, I would like to know if I can configure yum to download updated to holding area and update other PCs with the downloaded files? I have 3 PCs and they all have the save software. Since 2 of them are at home, without highspeed connection, that would save me time.
So, this is what I want to do: - use yum to download to a holding directory - use yum to update PCs from holding directory
Is this possible? If yes, how do I configure Yum to do it?
Thanks, Charles Li
You can, but I wouldn't. You would need to make sure that the machines at home have *exactly* the same packages installed that the one on the high speed network does.
I wrote an article for Intel about keeping multiple machines up to date back in the Red Hat Linux 9 days. There are some tips in there that you could easily use:
http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/20575.htm
Thomas
