[Yum] networked cachedir?
David Timms
dtimms at iinet.net.au
Sat Mar 29 12:18:37 UTC 2008
Morgan Read wrote:
> Realise this is an often asked question, but wondered if a networked
> cache location was something that could be set in yum.conf?
People have had issues when using cachedir as a network nfs share, check
the list history.
> In
> combination with keepcache=1, this might minimize bandwidth with a
> simple "yum update -C" from any local machine? (What determines how
> long headers and packages are kept by default?)
yum.conf: metadata_expire=
seconds I think.
There are some tools to build a yum repo mirror in your local network.
DaveT.
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