On Fri, October 10, 2008 11:39 am, Ned Slider wrote: > Bo Lynch wrote: >> I am trying to set up a local repo for my division. I tried to rsync 5.1 >> updates off the mirrors and recieved an error of no file or dir. After >> going to the mirror, I notice that all of the 5.1 filder is empty and >> there is a readme there that states..... >> This directory (and version of CentOS) is depreciated. For normal >> users, >> you should use /5/ and not /5.1/ in your path. Please see this FAQ >> concerning the CentOS release scheme: >> >> http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34 >> >> If you know what you are doing, and absolutely want to remain at the 5.1 >> level, go to http://vault.centos.org/ for packages. >> >> So I just want to make sure that I'm understanding this correct. I >> should >> use the 5.1 original RPMS for my base OS and get my updates for 5.1 from >> the 5 folder???? Just sounds weird. Should I do the same for my 5.0 >> release? >> Thanks for you help. > > You *don't* run 5.0, 5.1 or 5.2, you run 5. > > The point releases (5.0, 5.1, 5.2 etc) are simply snapshots in time of > the CentOS 5 product life cycle where development was temporarily frozen > just long enough to spin a set of install media. > > You should always get updates from 5 which is a link to the current (and > only supported) release. This happens to currently be 5.2. If you were > to get updates directly against 5.2 then when 5.3 is released you would > get no more updates to CentOS 5 ever. This is why you should *never* > link updates against 5.x and always 5. > > Note: 5 and 5.0 are not the same thing. > > Hope that helps :) > > Ned, So you are saying that I should point my yum clients to the 5/updates/i386 folder for updates correct? No matter if they are 5 5.1 5.2? Not trying to be redundant...Just want to make sure that I'm understanding this correct before I actually give it a go. So my pub folder would have centos/5.1/os/i386 which would have the original 5.1 rpms and I would set the updates repo to point to the centos/5/updates/i386 right? So all I really need to rsync is the updates from the 5 folder on the mirror.