On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:16:17 -0400, you wrote:
Ideally one should be able to use the RHN front end interface to tell 50 machines to all grab the same package. Then that package should be fetched from a local repository.
From what I've seen of yum & current so far, it seems like you lose the nice front end interface in order to gain a local repository.
the up2date available in rawhide and as an upgrade to severn now supports apt and yum downloads.