yum downloadonly

[Justin W]

Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 23:38 -0500, Justin W wrote:
>   
>> I didn't feel like modifying a directory yum uses 
>>     
>
> So long as you don't do it while you're using yum, I've not had a
> problem with removing files from the cache.  It'll get them again, if it
> needs them.  The database that's kept covers what's installed on your
> box, not which install RPMs are cached.
>
> I've even dropped files into its cache, from another PC, to avoid
> downloading them again when I was on dialup.  That worked fine, too.
>   
I've added packages before, but I was referring to the extra 'repodata' 
directory and its contents which are created by createrepo in order to 
follow the instructions I gave. I just don't want to add files that 
don't belong there.