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On Sat, 1 Jan 2011, Joe Linoff wrote:
That is very interesting. When I log into the machine, I cannot update any packages if those files (CentOS-*.repo) are present. But when I run 'yum grouplist' it shows that the packages did install correctly. That supports your argument.
At $WORK, when I install a server that won't have internet access, I overwrite the CentOS-Base.repo file with one that points to the designated repository server. Updates to the centos-release package do not overwrite this -- or at least have not so far.
There is probably a better way to do this but I've not looked deeply into it.
I don't have much experience with cobbler so it is very likely that I am doing something bone-headed. Can you suggest some ideas for debugging? I am already scanning through the logs in /root/ and in /var/log/ but I must be missing something.
This isn't as much cobbler behavior as yum behavior. When you run yum update, it will check all enabled repositories it knows about. If it's still using the stock CentOS-Base.repo, it will check those repositories using the external URLs.
Sincerely,
Chris Ess System Administrator / CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician)