Package management - howto

[Tony Molloy]

On Friday 27 January 2006 14:53, Dan Track wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've got a repository of fedora update packages on one server in my
> little network at home. There are some from FC3 and some from FC4. The
> problem I'm having at the moment is that I'm getting all updated
> pakcages being stored in one directory. So if I issue an update
> sometimes a confusion occurs and the clients can't update becuase of
> multiple package versions.
>
> Does anyone have a script to move old updates to another directory and
> keep new updates in one directory. I tried writing one, but the major
> problem is the version nomenclature. Some packages have "+"signs, some
> have words in them, there isn't a consistency here. How does redhat
> keep there online repository in order, can I get a hold of a script?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Regards
> Dan

Download a package called mirror-2?? ( google for it ) and that will 
mirror whatever parts of a remote site you want onto your local machine 
putting the downloads wherever you want them.

Or preferably use rsync to mirror the site.

Tony

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Tony Molloy.

Dept. of Comp. Sci.
University of Limerick