yum --downloadonly

[Bill Davidsen]

Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Thu, 2 May 2013 09:59:36 +0100
> Frank Murphy wrote:
>
>> if # yum --downloadonly
>> is invoked without --downloadir
>> are the packages just kept in the yum cache?
>
> Yep, they hang around till you actually run yum
> without --downloadonly, the automatic cache
> flushing doesn't happen till the packages are installed
> (which makes sense, but doing the sensible thing
> is not always what happens with software :-).
>
I keep the cache, then run a small script to upload the packages to a 
master repository, where a repo is created on a regular basis. The 
result is that if I install or upgrade a package on any of my machines, 
it winds up in the local repository and when needed on any other machine 
is available locally. I have Gbit on site and 12Mbit to the net, so 
saves time and bandwidth.

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