Quoting Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 22:22:24 +0100 (BST) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > As I wrote, it was very long to generate the hdlist with > > urpmi.addmedia with my two full 700Mo CDs. Could I force > > urpmi.addmedia to generate only a synthesis.hdlist.cz file ? Would > it > > be wise to do it for my removable and local rpms ? What would be the > > limitations ? > > Just use urpmi.addmedia xxx xxxxxx with synthesis.hdlist.cz > > Having dsl I only use ftp, no cd or local media, but as long you can > generate a synthesis for each there is no reason that it cannot be > used > for such. > The only drawback is the obvious with no package describe unless you > already know there will be nothing to indicates the purpose/usage of > any > given rpm listed therein. > > > Charles
Thanks for these explanations. Eric