[Yum] Using YUM to manage S/W distros other than linux

Gallie, Keith Keith.Gallie at amd.com
Mon Apr 9 22:37:20 UTC 2007



Can't do a mirror. Not all clients need all packages.

 

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[mailto:yum-bounces at lists.dulug.duke.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Wildman
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:36 PM
To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified
Subject: Re: [Yum] Using YUM to manage S/W distros other than linux

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, David Simas wrote:

>>> multi-site s/w release management; s/w meaning anything a developer 
>>> releases, perl, compiled exes, compiled libraries, documentation,
etc.
>>
>> if the os is managed by rpm all of the above are possible.
>
> And for those that aren't, you should be able to use OpenPKG
> (http://www.openpkg.org) with YUM.
>

I would also highly recommend Dag's mrepo program for mirroring
repositories, etc.

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/mrepo/

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