[CentOS] Creating a controlled local repo

2008-10-23 Thread Sorin Srbu
Hi all, I've been thinking about creating a local repo for our to-be CentOS-park (we're currently in the process of migrating from RHEL3 to CentOS5). As we need to control all updates being applied (think WUS, Windows Update Server) because of special software being run on servers and

Re: [CentOS] Creating a controlled local repo

2008-10-23 Thread Mogens Kjaer
Sorin Srbu wrote: ... Therefore I've planned to create a local repo on one of our servers, share /var/cache/yum, set keepcache to 1 on that server and have it reposync periodically (like once a week) with CentOS Base, Extras, rpmforge and so on. Why not make a real mirror using rsync, test new

RE: [CentOS] Creating a controlled local repo

2008-10-23 Thread Sorin Srbu
Mogens Kjaer scribbled on Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:32 AM: Therefore I've planned to create a local repo on one of our servers, share /var/cache/yum, set keepcache to 1 on that server and have it reposync periodically (like once a week) with CentOS Base, Extras, rpmforge and so on.

Re: [CentOS] Creating a controlled local repo

2008-10-23 Thread Mogens Kjaer
Sorin Srbu wrote: ... Use nvidia-x11-drv from rpmforge to get updated nvidia drivers. Are they any good? I inherited this linux-farm from the previous *nixadmin, and the way it's setup assumes we use the proprietary drivers from nvidia, as that's what the molecular modeling software company

RE: [CentOS] Creating a controlled local repo

2008-10-23 Thread Sorin Srbu
Mogens Kjaer scribbled on Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:13 PM: Use nvidia-x11-drv from rpmforge to get updated nvidia drivers. Are they any good? I inherited this linux-farm from the previous *nixadmin, and the way it's setup assumes we use the proprietary drivers from nvidia, as that's