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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: A few ideas for FC7+
From:       dragoran <dragoran () feuerpokemon ! de>
Date:       2006-10-23 5:16:06
Message-ID: 453C5016.6050707 () feuerpokemon ! de
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Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:05:17AM -0700, Peter Gordon wrote:
>   
>> Secondly, the current setup of Pirut is that it downloads things from the
>> network whenever you go to install something. Is there work being done to be
>> able to use the installer DVDs/CDs as optional repositories for this? (That
>> way, a user whose Internet connection is slow or non-functional would be able
>> to install packages from the discs, rather than the net.
>>     
>
> The DVDs and CDs include repodata directories, so they're full yum
> repositories themselves.  You sure could add entries to
> /etc/yum.repos.d/ pointing at them.
>
>   
this would work for the DVD but not for CDs because if a dep or package 
is on an other cd yum wont find it and it also wont aks for a CD to get 
inserted.
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>   

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