[CentOS] update of rpm directory

[Adrian Sevcenco]

On 05/13/2010 04:23 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> Adrian Sevcenco wrote on 05/13/2010 08:49 AM:
>> Hi! I have an directory full with rpms that are installed on some
>> machines.. what is the best way to update those rpms to the latest
>> version? are there more optimal approaches then searching for each rpm
>> names in an update repo and download one by one?
> 
> Your question is not very clear.  Do you mean that you have just a local 
Sorry about that..

> directory of RPMS or that you maintain a local repo?  If just a 
i have just a directory of rpms that are going to be installed through
some scripting (through PXE) on a bunch of servers. all i need is to
update the version for the rpms present in that dir

> directory then you may want to read:
> 
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalRepos
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalMirror
> 
> In either case, it you want to see what updates are available from a 
> particular repo, say "reponame":
> 
> yum --disablerepo \* --enablerepo reponame check-update
> 
> You could then download and put RPMS in your local repo as desired.
Thanks it helps! but a little more bit of info^Whints could help even more:
lets say that on the server i do this stuff (and where is this dir from
which nodes are installed) everything is up to date.. (and worker nodes
are NOT updated) and i dont want to ask nodes do give me an "rpm -qa"..
how can a make a diff (comparing versions) between rpms form local
directory and update repo? (other than take the rpm name from dir; strip
name and version ; search in update repo the rpm name ; compare version
, if newer download rpm )

Thanks a lot!!
Adrian

> 
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Best regards,
Adrian

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Adrian Sevcenco - Institute of Space Sciences, Romania
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