[Yum] Removable media support in yum

[Grigory Bakunov]

In attachment a patch what help users work with repositories on 
removable media
(i test it on RH9 disks).
Steps to get it work:
1) Make yum package with this patch.
   (Also you can get my customized package from
   http://stuphead.asplinux.ru/lj/yum-2.0.3cvs-5asp.src.rpm, rebuild and 
install
   it and then remove files from /etc/yum.d, cause it's prepared for my 
distro).

2.0) mount your RH9 CD1 and execute
     yum-arch -Rredhat9cd1 /mnt/cdrom
2.1) mount your RH9 CD2 and execute
     yum-arch -Rredhat9cd2 /mnt/cdrom
2.2) mount your RH9 CD3 and execute
     yum-arch -Rredhat9cd3 /mnt/cdrom

3) add this to your yum config file
   (in your case is /etc/yum.conf, in my - just new file in /etc/yum.d 
directory)
[redhat9cd1]
baseurl=removable:///mnt/cdrom
name=RedHat9 disk 1
[redhat9cd2]
baseurl=removable:///mnt/cdrom
name=RedHat9 disk 2
[redhat9cd3]
baseurl=removable:///mnt/cdrom
name=RedHat9 disk 3

4) it's all. now  try to install something.
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Additional functionality:
    new variables in yum.conf [main]:
        mountcommand - command what you use to mount directory (default: 
mount)
        umountcommand - command what you use to unmount directory 
(default: eject)
    new variables in yum.conf [repositories]:
        mountpoint - mount point for this repository if its use 
'removable' scheme (default: /mnt/cdrom)
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Thanks Seth for great piece of code - this patch is only 9kb long!


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