why does network install not get the latest?

Adam Hough adam at gradientzero.com
Thu Aug 30 03:35:36 UTC 2007


You can also just add the updates repository to the net install (or any
other install as well) and it will pull the latest versions of the
packages you are wanting to install.  You can even add other
repositories to kickstart installs as well.

On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 17:31 -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
> On 8/29/07, Globe Trotter <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things
> > to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is
> > there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does
> > not contain the latest?
> 
> To minimize the duplication of effort you should perform a minimal
> install, configure your repositories, and, then, install the remaining
> packages.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Best wishes,
> > Trotter
> >
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