[CentOS] Updates offered annoyance

[Giles Coochey]

On Wed, August 25, 2010 16:19, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:41:11 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>> On 25 August 2010 14:24, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
>> > The main problem is that yum is NOT well written to deal with a slow
>> > and *unreliable* dial-up interface -- it in fact behaves extremly
>> Grab a copy of a repository at work, copy it home and set up a local
>> repository. Yum will be perfectly happy with the setup.
>> Sample to rsync to mirrorservice.org:
>
> My 'work' is at home (dialup).  The local library is only good for
> about 1.5mbits/sec (about 150kbytes/sec).  I don't have enough free
> disk space for a full repo on either my laptop or my desktop.
>

You've received plenty of good advice here and people have made an effort
to find viable solutions to your problem, it would be perfectly possible
for you to get a cheap USB drive to act as a repository for both your
systems.
Unfortunately, you will find that all modern operating systems and many
applications are increasingly reliant on Online Updates (Windows
included).

You seem dismissive of any offline solutions that have been put forward to
you, yet you have discounted the feasibility of working with an online
solution as well.

To be honest, then, I therefore cannot think of any solution to your problem.