[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Package management
From: |
Zouhir Hafidi |
Subject: |
Re: Package management |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:37:13 +0200 (MEST) |
>I would like to ask about the RPM package management stuff.
>I am not a big user of RPM, but I would like to try this
>out now and see whether it can be done for debian packages too.
>(getapt is a wonderful thing)
>
>I wonder:
>
> How does rpm know where to look for packages?
> What if they are at a remote source?
> Could the packages be downloaded in from cfservd?
> If so, where should they go?
> How are dependencies handed?
>
>If this has been explained to me previously than I apologize.
>I am wading through old mail, and working on "methods"
>for 2.1.0... any help appreciated.
>
>e.g.
>
> Suppose I want to make sure that all hosts have tcpdump installed
> and that requires the pcap library as a dependency. How do I
> express that, given that the packages are all on a DVD...or
> copied into some source dir.
>
I am writing a howto which explains the procedure to:
1- autoinstall with kickstart
2- autoupdate with yum
3- maintain with cfengine
The part on cfengine is not finished yet.
here it is:
http://math.univ-lille1.fr/~hafidi/deploy_and_maintain_howto/
ZH
----------------
Zouhir HAFIDI
USTL, U.F.R. de Mathematiques, Bat. M2
F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq CEDEX, FRANCE
tel (+33) 3.20.43.45.15 fax (+33) 3.20.43.43.02
- Package management, Mark . Burgess, 2003/09/19
- Re: Package management, Jeff Sheltren, 2003/09/19
- Re: Package management, Hans Deragon, 2003/09/19
- RE: Package management, didier, 2003/09/19
- Re: Package management, Chris (Ducky) Chapin, 2003/09/19
- Re: Package management, Jamie Wilkinson, 2003/09/20
- Re: Package management,
Zouhir Hafidi <=