[CentOS] repoforge :: is it still active?

Thu Aug 8 19:28:37 UTC 2013
Ljubomir Ljubojevic <centos at plnet.rs>

On 08/08/2013 05:42 PM, Adrian Sevcenco wrote:
> On 08/07/2013 08:27 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 07.08.2013 19:12, schrieb Adrian Sevcenco:
>>> On 08/07/2013 06:41 PM, Patrick Flaherty wrote:
>>>> They off up their SRC rpms right? Grab the .spec file and have a go at
>>> i already did this (for el6 - see below) .. i have the rpms, but at this
>>> moment would be for me too time consuming to learn how to make a repo
>>
>> what do you need to learn?
>>
>> * yum install createrepo
>> * createrepo /path/to/your/existing/rpms/
>> * let point any httpd/ftpd server point to /path/to/your/rpms/
>> * copy a .repo-file from /etc/yum.repos.d/ and modify it for your needs
>>
>> this does not take longer than 10 minutes at all
> thanks a lot!!! easier than i thought!
>

You can also setup a "mrepo" daemon (rpm is in repoforge repository). It 
is not hard to setup, and you can have as many separate repositories or 
mirrors of existing repositories as you like. I maintain 20+repositories 
(for CentOS 5.x and 6.x, for both i386 and x86_64: base/os, updates, 
extra, centosplus, epel, repoforge, puias, rpm-fussion, remi, ........, 
my own repositories for manually downloaded packages, what I have 
compiled, etc ). I use it so I can update and install my systems MUCH 
faster (local LAN speed) and even if my internet link is down.


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