[lug] up2date and skip list AND install server

[Hugh Brown]

/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date

pkgSkipList[comment]=A list of package names, optionally including
wildcards, to skip
pkgSkipList=;


I believe the field is semi-colon delimited.

Hugh

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 18:45 -0400, Gordon Golding wrote:
> Does anyone know where the ignore/skip list for up2date lives? 
> 
> I have a large number of servers to set up.
> I want things as clean as possible.  I always do a FC 3 or 4 with minimal install.
> 
> After initial install, some people just hit up2date and let it install everything.  
> I take a long time to walk through the ignore/skip list for each machine.
> 
> I want to do one and copy the skip list to the others before doing up2date.
> 
> ALSO - 
> How can I set up an install server with Fedora Core 3 or 4?
> 
> I learned to do that on Suns long ago.  I can't just clone drives - every machine has a different mouse, and/or video card, and/or number of CD, DVD readers.
> 
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Hugh Brown <hugh at math.byu.edu>