On 05/25/2011 02:31 AM, Marc Muehlfeld wrote: > Hi, > > we're currently evaluating a migration from Centos 5 to SL6. But I have some > questions about repositories: > > We have a local repository were our servers get their updates from. But I'm > unsure, what I exaclty have to mirror. On the FTP there are the following > directories: > > - 6 > - 6.0 > - 6rolling > - 6x > > Question 1: What are the differences? > 6.0 - Version 6.0 of SL 6x - Points to the latest SL6 release, currently 6.0 6 - Same as 6x 6rolling - Rolling as in unstable. This is where we put the Alpha, Beta and testing releases. > Question 2: The default *.repo uses the $releasever variable, which is > resolved to "6.0". If we plan to always have the newest (minor) version after > every update, I think I have to replace that. Is there an other variable for > that or do I have to hardcode it? > There are two ways to do this. 1 - Hardcode it to point to 6x or 6 (Will have to do this after each update) 2 - yum install yum-conf-sl6x (This installs another yum yum repository that points to 6x. Because it is separate from sl-release, it can remain constant what the sl-release is updated.) > Question 3: Do I have to block any package that would recreate the SL repo > files after an upgrade? > Not if you do the yum-conf-sl6x route. Hope this helps. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group __________________________________________________