Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 139077
Add yum metadata to DVD iso images
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:54 EST
Description of problem: Consider adding yum metadata (createrepo, and perhaps yum-arch - for FC2 updates) to the DVD iso. The image (or for that matter the physical media) could then be mounted as a local yum [os] repo, accessed as a file:/ URL. Would save user's disk space and everybody's network bandwidth. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC4 DVD iso image How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Mount DVD 2. Specify as yum [os] repo 3. yum install somepackage Actual results: Fails due to lack of metadata. Expected results: Could run yum install of new packages from local image. Additional info:
Not likely to happen anytime soon, but I'll keep it on the TODO list.
*** Bug 134052 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
workaround: mount the image create a new directory for the local repo: mkdir myrepo cd myrepo create symlinks to all of the rpms find /media/dvd -name '*.rpm' >allrpms cat allrpms |(for x in read; do ln -s $x $(basename $x);done) create the repodata createrepo .
*** Bug 151432 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I'd like to add that making the repodata comps enabled would be a nice bonus.
Update : in FC5 test releases, "repodata" is present on the DVDs AFAICS...
So - haven't been following closely of late. Looks like resolution RAWHIDE should get this one off the books.