On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Warren Young <warren at etr-usa.com> wrote: >> knows where to get them. Isn't it overkill to keep a whole repo >> snapshot copy when you really just need a way to tell yum the package >> versions you want on the 2nd box? > > Why all the agida? This isn't difficult: What is the point of even having revision numbers on packages in the public repositories if I can't trust that installing that package on another system will be that same and instead have to maintain my own snapshot copy to be sure I can reproduce it. > Step 0, done only once: set up yum repo, and modify the "stable" clients > to use it: Repeat for _every_ different system in every state you might want to be able to reproduce... > Step 1: > Step 2: > Step 3: > That's it. Some minor setup, then three (or two) easy steps per update. I just don't understand why such cumbersome multi-step processes and local storage facilities are needed. Why aren't the tools that people need shipped to work as-is? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com