[Yum] how to update from a local repository

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 20:50 +0100, Francois Massonneau wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've tried to find a solution in the mailing list archive, but I did not 
> find the trick that could help me.
> I've just upgraded from FedoraCore 2 to FC3, and I used to update my home 
> computer (I don't the adsl at home), using my laptop wireless (at work the 
> adsl is available).
> Using FC2, I run "yum-arch -l ." to create the local repository on my 
> laptop, and a yum update from my home computer with the following entries 
> in my /etc/yum.conf, worked like a charm.
> ---------------------
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> debuglevel=3
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> retries=20
> [laptop]
> name=LocalStuff
> baseurl=file:///mnt/celtes5/usr/local/myrepo
> ----------------------------------
> 
> Now, using FC3, I saw yum-arch, was useless, and I have to use createrepo. 
> I've tried the following two ways :
> createrepo /usr/local/myrepo
> and createrepo -u file:///usr/local/myrepo /usr/local/myrepo
> Both seems to work.
> But on my home computer, when I run a yum update, I have the following error 
> message :
> [root at celtes2 fm]# yum update
> Yum Version: 2.1.11
> COMMAND: yum update
> Installroot: /
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up Repo:  laptop
> Baseurl(s) for repo: ['file:///mnt/celtes5/usr/local/myrepo']
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Setting up Repo:  base
> Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
> 
> How can I do to make to work as before ? Thank you. Francois

download and install createrepo from fc3 - then run:
 createrepo /your/repo

-sv