Hi,
I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does not contain the latest?
Btw, in FC6, there used to be a repository called Extras for all the other cool stuff. I understand extras is gone, but how do we include this repository (or rather which repository should be included) to get the equivalent stuff? For instance, claws-mail, R, etc, which were in Extras previously.
Best wishes, Trotter
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on 8/29/2007 6:33 AM, Globe Trotter wrote:
Hi,
I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does not contain the latest?
Btw, in FC6, there used to be a repository called Extras for all the other cool stuff. I understand extras is gone, but how do we include this repository (or rather which repository should be included) to get the equivalent stuff? For instance, claws-mail, R, etc, which were in Extras previously.
For Fedora 7, and future releases, there is no longer an Extras repo. There is an Everything repo which is everything put together. You have, should have, the Everything repo set as your default.
On 8/29/07, Globe Trotter itsme_410@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does not contain the latest?
To minimize the duplication of effort you should perform a minimal install, configure your repositories, and, then, install the remaining packages.
[snip]
Best wishes, Trotter
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You can also just add the updates repository to the net install (or any other install as well) and it will pull the latest versions of the packages you are wanting to install. You can even add other repositories to kickstart installs as well.
On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 17:31 -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
On 8/29/07, Globe Trotter itsme_410@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does not contain the latest?
To minimize the duplication of effort you should perform a minimal install, configure your repositories, and, then, install the remaining packages.
[snip]
Best wishes, Trotter
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--- Adam Hough adam@gradientzero.com wrote:
You can also just add the updates repository to the net install (or any other install as well) and it will pull the latest versions of the packages you are wanting to install.
So like install it as an additional repository?
Many thanks, Trotter
You can even add other
repositories to kickstart installs as well.
On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 17:31 -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
On 8/29/07, Globe Trotter itsme_410@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and
things
to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or
is
there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS
does
not contain the latest?
To minimize the duplication of effort you should perform a minimal install, configure your repositories, and, then, install the remaining packages.
[snip]
Best wishes, Trotter
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On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 22:35 -0500, Adam Hough wrote:
You can also just add the updates repository to the net install (or any other install as well) and it will pull the latest versions of the packages you are wanting to install. You can even add other repositories to kickstart installs as well.
Has anyone successfully done that? I recall reading that it stuffs up attempting to do that during the install. Or perhaps it was stuffing up attempting to use third-party repos during install (e.g. Livna, etc.).
To minimize the duplication of effort you should perform a minimal install, configure your repositories, and, then, install the remaining packages.
Thats exactly what I did: somehow, i was thinking there may be a better solution. Perhaps including updates as an additional repo might be the solution, as suggested by a future poster here.
Thanks, Trotter
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On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 06:33 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does not contain the latest?
I can imagine a few reasons, such as: The original collection of files were tested together, and hopefully will install without falling in a heap. Some future updates may introduce a problem. Some past updates *have* introduced problems, that's not the way you want to start out.
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