Errata DVD as repo?

Ben Stringer ben at burbong.com
Wed May 3 07:35:34 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 16:27 +1000, Paul Trevethan wrote:
> Hi,
> I have obtained an Errata dvd for Fedora 5 and I want to add it as an
> update repository. I have tried creating the .repo file but I
> continually seem to be getting the syntax wrong when trying to use a
> local file structure as the baseurl.
> 
> Can someone give me some guidance in this matter please?

Try the "createrepo" command - it is supplied in the createrepo rpm
(unless this has changed since FC3).

Cheers, Ben

> 
> I want to get this working so that I can put Fedora on my sister's
> machine - but she has a totally restrictive monthly download allowance
> from her ISP account. So. I want to do the install with my
> Fedora Install dvd followed by an update with the errata dvd. Hopefully
> then I can set up the normal online repos and her ongoing updates
> will not be out of reach.
> 
> Paul.
> 




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