On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 07:39 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > No, it just shows that you don't understand what I said yet. Actually, I don't understand what you're thinking. Then again, I don't think you understand how CVS works either. But I _do_ know _exactly_ what you want. Unfortunately, how you think it can be done is full of omissions. Date/timestamps won't solve your "resolve from date X" want. That's what I can't seem to explain. I even tried to use your CVS analogy and why it becomes infeasible. Apparently you're not familiar with how CVS works on the repository either. > Everthing I want could be done if yum simply had an option > to ignore files newer than a specified timestamp and > repository changes only involve additions (and the latter > is already the case). And you have absolutely no familiarity with what is involved with this on the _repository_ end. You have seemingly only used the YUM client, not actually created a YUM repo. The YUM client relies on a meta-data file because the YUM repo is little more than a "web site." It yanks down those meta-data files to do resolution. If you want arbitrary fetches at an arbitrary tag/date, they you are going to _massive_bloat_ those meta-data files, not to mention the time it takes to resolve. > No extra server operations or network traffic is necessary. Absolutely _not_ true. You are oblivious to the fact that the YUM client _relies_ on a set of meta-data files on the YUM repository. That's where the YUM client gets its information and many other details, _not_ by directly "browsing through" the tree. > All I want is to be able to pretend that additions more recent than > a prior run weren't there. Until you run your _own_ YUM repository and use createrepo a few times, you will be oblivious to what a YUM repository is. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman