[CentOS] Allow updates but not upgrades
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sat May 12 22:23:12 UTC 2012
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Warren Young <warren at etr-usa.com> wrote:
>> knows where to get them. Isn't it overkill to keep a whole repo
>> snapshot copy when you really just need a way to tell yum the package
>> versions you want on the 2nd box?
>
> Why all the agida? This isn't difficult:
What is the point of even having revision numbers on packages in the
public repositories if I can't trust that installing that package on
another system will be that same and instead have to maintain my own
snapshot copy to be sure I can reproduce it.
> Step 0, done only once: set up yum repo, and modify the "stable" clients
> to use it:
Repeat for _every_ different system in every state you might want to
be able to reproduce...
> Step 1:
> Step 2:
> Step 3:
> That's it. Some minor setup, then three (or two) easy steps per update.
I just don't understand why such cumbersome multi-step processes and
local storage facilities are needed. Why aren't the tools that
people need shipped to work as-is?
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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