[CentOS-devel] mock using yum .repo file?

Sun Jul 24 14:02:23 UTC 2011
Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs>

Hi.
I hope this is not too off-topic.

I am setting up and learning mock to build packages for CentOS 6, and I 
have couple of questions for experts.

1. Can I somehow use .repo files from /etc/yum.repos.d/ ? I use 20-30 
.repo files on and off (each repository(folder) in it's own file for 
easier manipulation without editing files), and editing repo configs in 
2 places is not too appealing. I have seen this:

$MOCK --copyin /etc/yum.repos.d/texlive-mock.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/

is this what I am looking for?

2. Will cleaning mentioned in manual delete all installed rpms 
(dependencies) or just building folder? If I want to compile same (or 
different but using same dependancies) package, how to keep dependencies 
packages for faster compile? I have ccache = 4G,  yum cache on 15 days 
and root cahce on 10 days. Will this do?

3. How do yum priorities work in mock? I have them set for every repo 
and if I can use .repo files will mock honor priorities?

If .repo files can not be used, do I have to sort repos based on 
priorities values or can I use priority= ?

Thanks in advance.

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