Building your own rpm/apt/yum repository
Kevin Brouelette
kevin1a at varlog.net
Tue Dec 2 15:06:40 UTC 2003
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 20:31, Clif Smith wrote:
> As usual, I'm probably over-complicating the issue...
>
> Here's my dilemma. I need to QA software against various versions of my
> own company's software. Being that the versions come out at different
> times, I need to be able to build system1 with all updates as of
> software version1's release and then build system2 with all updates as
> of software version2's release. While I could image/clone/ghost/etc.
> systems various ways, I'd rather be able to build from scratch if needed
> as I get newer hardware from time to time which makes having a constant
> image a hassle.
>
> So, I'm thinking of magical apt/yum repositories which I could call on
> to do the heavy lifting. I'm assuming apt or yum as they'll handle the
> various dependencies so that everything is installed in the right order
> without a lot of trial and error.
>
> Ideas?
>
> cjs
Hi
<idea>
http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/
Build your own yum enabled ftp server on your LAN
and update/upgrade as needed. [it's easy]
</idea>
Kevin
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