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[Sam <ss99hi@xxxxxxxxx>]

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--- Sam <ss99hi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:57:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sam <ss99hi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [opensuse] Yast2: creating local dir installation source
> To: Andreas Hanke <andreas.hanke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > > 'Unable to create installation source from URL 'dir:///tmp/mysource'.'
> > 
> > What is in that directory? Is it a directory with just RPMs in it or is
> > it a real repository with a "repodata" directory or a "content" file?
> 
> Neither - it's an empty directory.
> 
> > 
> > Plain directories with RPMs in it are currently not supported, but you
> > can use the "createrepo" utility to make a real repository of them.
> 
> Ok, here's what I'm looking for.  If you can point me to a FAQ that explains
> how to do this, that'd be great...
> 
> My connection isn't super fast and neither is my machine.  Everytime I go
> into
> Yast online updates (or change install source) it takes forever to show me a
> list of pkgs or the next screen.   It's just too painful to wait ~20 mins
> just
> for Yast to give me a list of packages *every* time I go into it.
> 
> What's going on?  I haven't figured it out yet, but Yast seems to be creating
> /var/adm/mount/AP_0x00000001 directories during that 20 mins.  But they are
> deleted/unmounted when I go back to online update, so those dir(s) have to be
> recreated everytime.  
> 
> The /var/adm/mount dirs are eerily similar to the ones in
> /var/lib/zypp/cache/Source.A2QBo0/repodata.  But I haven't figured out the
> correlation between the two.  I've only had 10.1 installed for a few days.
> 
> What I was hoping to do was split the updating task:  a) keep the metadata
> local so I can easily browse updates, etc. and b) when I *decide* to update a
> package, then Yast can fetch the RPMs over the network.  
> 
> Part a) would be updated via cron at night thus keeping me informed.  
> 
> That's where I had the "bright" idea to create a local repository and my
> initial question.  Basically a mirror of inst-source but w/o the RPMS.
> 
> Is this idea way off base?  
> 
> BTW, I don't have 'createrepo' on my system.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sam
> 
> 
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