[Yum-devel] offline yum mode?

[Tim Lauridsen]

Michael E Brown wrote:
> I was thinking about a couple enhancements to mock, and one of the
> things that came up was an 'offline' mode for mock, ie. the ability to
> build packages when disconnected from the internet.
> 
> I believe that everything is now in place in mock 0.8.x to allow this.
> Mock now caches /var/cache/yum. As long as you already have downloaded
> the correct BuildRequires for your package, there is no compelling
> reason to hit the network if the user wants to do an offline build.
> 
> This would require an enhancement to yum. I was thinking it could
> possibly be a plugin, but I wanted to get feedback on how to implement
> it. Basically, the idea is to just assume that the contents of
> /var/cache/yum are up-to-date and use them. If there is anything missing
> that needs to be downloaded from the internet, then it should basically
> error out. I was thinking an "--offline" cmdline parameter.
> 
> Any pointers, hints, or other ideas would be most welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael Brown
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It this not what '-c' does, only use the stuff in cache. ?

Tim