2011/12/19 Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com>: > Hey folks, > > Is there any way to fake a "yum update" just to get yum to force a download > of all the files it needs, without actually installing them. > > I finally have a RPM cache/proxy working and I just want to populate it. > The server I want to actually update cannot be updated until tomorrow but > I'd like to do a fake update just to force the RPMs into my cache so they > will all be pre-downloaded. > > I don't see anyway from the man page to do this. You can use reposing tool for almost similar functionality.. -- Eero