--- Jakub Jelinek <jakub@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 08:15:08AM -0800, Barry Yu > wrote: > > I downloaded and stored all the rpm update > packages in folder where I plan to use for other new > install of Fedora systems so each of them won't need > to do yum update through Internet. > > When I used yum localupdate > /mnt/allrpmupdates/*.rpm, the yum displayed a > message "arguement list too long" and then stopped > doing anything, when I issued yum localupate > /mnt/allrpmupdates/a*.rpm , yum started the local > update and I have to repleat yum localupdate b*.rpm, > c*.rpm to z*.rpm. > > Is there any way to use the yum localupdate to do > the localupate at one time ? > createrepo /mnt/allrpmupdates/ then add a repo entry to point to this directory and enable it. (file:///mnt/allrpmupdates/) and they should show up automatically when you run yum/pup/yumex/kyum note: you will have to run the createrepo command when you add/delete files to update the metadata. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com