[Yum] deploying and maintaining linux networks howto

[seth vidal]

> 
> Sorry, I correct,
> 
> # yum-arch <rpms_dir> 
> # ls <rpms_dir>/..
> header.info  headers/ <rpms_dir>
> which means that by default header.info and headers/ will be
> at the same level as <rpms_dir> and don't put header.info within headers/
> (that's what the yum command expect)
> 
> # yum-arch <rpms_dir> <dir_where_to_put_headers_and_header.info>
> # ls <dir_where_to_put_headers_and_header.info>
> header.info  headers/ ...
> header.info and headers/ will be under the directory specified
> on the command line


but again I don't understand what advantage you get from that.

the reason yum puts headers and header.info under the sub dir is so you
can more than one dir yum-enabled in any hiearchy w/o too much trouble

-sv