My apologies, I misunderstood where you were coming from. Take a look in /var/log/YaST2/y2log after you add the directory, and see if it tells you whether it accepts the RPM package headers. It also checks them when you "Install or Remove Packages".
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If that's so, then the Yast message "To make RPM packages located at the
specified location available in the packages selection, continue." is
REALLY misleading...
Lee
Paul Giordano wrote:
> The "packages on local disk" is referring to a specific directory tree of
> data as if the CD had been copied to the local disk - not to a package or
> packages in a directory.
>
> YaST works with the RPM database as it is on the installed system, so
> using the "rpm -Fvh" as described by a prior post will allow the
> package(s) to be picked up in future YaST views of the software stack, as
> an example, for online update.
>
> Paul Giordano
> Technical Sales Specialist - Linux zSeries
> e-business Solutions Technical Sales, Americas
> (312) 529-1347
> (630) 207-9435 (cell)
>
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Check http://www.ibm.com/linux for the latest in Linux news and
> information
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