[ATrpms-users] Co-ordinating package versions on multiple systems (HOWTO?)

[John Pilkington]

Chris Rouch wrote:
> On 3/12/08, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a rather (I expect) basic question about the mechanics of
>>  package installation.
>>
>>  If it makes any difference to the answer, I am currently using yum
>>  under Fedora and/or CentOS, although I am thinking of at least trying
>>  out smart thanks to Axel's often urging on this list.
>>
>>  I have a client-server package that I install on several systems
>>  (MythTV, if you care) and they *should* be running the same exact
>>  build to function properly, however...  Typically, they don't all get
>>  done at one time and on occasion they end up with different builds.
>>
>>  My question is: How do I go about updating later systems with the same
>>  .rpm that I used on earlier systems?  Is the .rpm that has been
>>  installed on system A physically present there as a single file that
>>  could easily be moved (e.g. with scp) to system B and then locally
>>  referenced in the yum invocation (or better, referenced remotely from
>>  A) on B?  If so, where should I expect to find the .rpm and how do I
>>  tell yum to install /the/package/at/this/location/existing.rpm?
> 
> In /etc/yum.conf make sure
> 
> keepcache=1
> 
> Then all packages will be in e.g. /var/cache/yum/atrpms/packages.
> 
> I think "yum clean all" will delete them, but I always copy them to an
> nfs exported directory so they can be used on other local machines.
> 
> Chris
> 

Smart can be configured to keep the packages it downloads and treat the 
folder as another repo.  It can both upgrade and downgrade, and the gui 
has a 'Content' tab that tells you where all the files in a packsge can 
be found.

I don't think it knows much about choosing kmdls, though.

http://labix.org/smart/config-options

HTH

John P