> I have to admit that I do not know anything about 'urpmi', but with > 'yum' and 'apt' I can configure the repository which is going to be > used. This makes it possible to install FC2 guests on FC3 hosts by using > '... -d fc2'. In urpmi you can choose the repository you want to install.
> So it would be nice when I could call 'urpmi' in the same way (install > mdk9 guests on a mdk10 hosts e.g.). This is the case :) > Oooh... I just detected an ugly bug in the rpmdb handling which was > hidden by the /var/lib/rpm symlink. > Please try [1] if it fixes your problems. Else: I will. [...] > Using /.rpmdb is a hack; /dev would be a much nicer place because it > is available everywhere and ignored by rpm. But there is rh bugzilla > bug #106057 which requires that the rpm database must be both in the > chroot-environment and in the real-root one. So the /.rpmdb has to > stay. SO it seems that many vserver are sharing the /.rpmdb of my real system. So it sounds like all my vserver are sharing the same rpmdb which is not interesting. Am I wrong ? > The position of the rpm-database is specified by the %_dbpath macro > which is changed in the vserver specific rpm-configuration. I do not > know if 'urpmi' honors this macro (apt had a similar bug which caused me > to create an (insecure) /var/lib/rpm -> /.rpmdb symlink), whether it > must be configured at another place, or if 'urpmi' must be fixed. Ok I'll check that. -- Erwan Velu Consultant - Seanodes SA http://www.seanodes.com
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