[CentOS] For building my local repo, how large is 5.4 update?

Mon Oct 26 12:24:35 UTC 2009
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

John Doe wrote:
> From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>
>   
>> I have run a local repo for Centos updates for some time.
>> I suppose, at this point I could just delete the 5.3 update directory 
>> and rsync the 5.4 directory...
>> But how large is the 5.4 update directory?
>>     
>
> I mirror both os and updates, since when you upgrade, you need os rpms too...
> So far, updates is small.
>
> 3.8G    /IOL/CENTOS_repo/centos/5/os/i386
> 4.3G    /IOL/CENTOS_repo/centos/5/os/x86_64
> 92K     /IOL/CENTOS_repo/centos/5/updates/i386
> 96K     /IOL/CENTOS_repo/centos/5/updates/x86_64
> 8.1G    total

Thanks for the info. I only need the i386 part, and I see that 
updates/i386 is just a repo structure, no rpms yet. So the download of 
os/i386 is in process...