[CentOS] Updates offered annoyance
Robert Heller
heller at deepsoft.com
Wed Aug 25 14:59:31 UTC 2010
At Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:28:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, August 25, 2010 16:19, Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:41:11 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Robert,
> >>
> >> On 25 August 2010 14:24, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> >> > The main problem is that yum is NOT well written to deal with a slow
> >> > and *unreliable* dial-up interface -- it in fact behaves extremly
> >> Grab a copy of a repository at work, copy it home and set up a local
> >> repository. Yum will be perfectly happy with the setup.
> >> Sample to rsync to mirrorservice.org:
> >
> > My 'work' is at home (dialup). The local library is only good for
> > about 1.5mbits/sec (about 150kbytes/sec). I don't have enough free
> > disk space for a full repo on either my laptop or my desktop.
> >
>
> You've received plenty of good advice here and people have made an effort
> to find viable solutions to your problem, it would be perfectly possible
> for you to get a cheap USB drive to act as a repository for both your
> systems.
> Unfortunately, you will find that all modern operating systems and many
> applications are increasingly reliant on Online Updates (Windows
> included).
>
> You seem dismissive of any offline solutions that have been put forward to
> you, yet you have discounted the feasibility of working with an online
> solution as well.
>
> To be honest, then, I therefore cannot think of any solution to your problem.
*I* don't have a problem. I just download the packages I need (I have
enough space for that) -- I update the laptop directly and then
download just the packages I need for my desktop system. I just don't
need a full repo. It can be a struggle, but I am managing to keep both
systems up-to-date.
>
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