> > Is there some way to specify a repo "preference" so > > that the local repos will be used to satisfy dependencies > > before going to remote repos? As another option (see my other post about failovermethod) you could also install the fastest-mirror plugin, which polls all available mirrors and then uses the fastest. Presumably your local mirror should be the fastest and win the race :) The fastest-mirror plugin is discussed in this thread here: https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum-devel/2005-August/001452.html it doesn't seem to have been bundled with yum-utils as yet, though.