I am also interested in building packages and I do not know where to start from. Is there a howto with the basics on the subject? AS On 07/24/2011 10:02 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > 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. >