On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 4:32 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 11/26/2013 12:00 PM, Warren Young wrote: >> It seems wasteful to install the last published version of the OS, then >> scp over my local update RPMs, freshen from those,*then* check with the >> vault for yet more updates. >> >> What I'm hoping for is some way to get a "CentOS 3.10", being 3.9 with >> the vault updates directory contents merged in. >> >> Is there a straightforward way to do that, or is schlepping around >> folders full of RPMs actually the best way to go? > > I'd mirror the vault repository on a local http server, and edit the > CentOS-Base.repo file to point to it, then you can just run yum update... > > > > -- > john r pierce 37N 122W > somewhere on the middle of the left coast > It doesn't necessarily have to be on an http server. Just in an accessible location (e.g. via NFS) and use a file:// URL in the .repo file. -- Matt Phelps System Administrator, Computation Facility Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu