I have recently upgraded an FC1 installation to FC2.
After intalling FC2, I then proceeded to:

up2date-nox --update

However, the RPM files are no longer stored on /var/spool/up2date.
The .hdr files are there too.

So I watched that directory while I downloaded a specific package.
I noticed the .hdr file, then the rpm file, but after the rpm file was
installed, the rpm file was removed from the directory (
/var/spool/up2date ).

Can anyone verify ?

noone wrote:
> So I watched that directory while I downloaded a specific package.
> I noticed the .hdr file, then the rpm file, but after the rpm file was
> installed, the rpm file was removed from the directory (
> /var/spool/up2date ).
>
> Can anyone verify ?

It's a configuration option. Run up2date-config, and you can choose to
keep the binary packages after installation if you want.

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Markku Kolkka wrote:
> noone wrote:
>
>>So I watched that directory while I downloaded a specific package.
>>I noticed the .hdr file, then the rpm file, but after the rpm file was
>>installed, the rpm file was removed from the directory (
>>/var/spool/up2date ).
>>
>>Can anyone verify ?
>
>
> It's a configuration option. Run up2date-config, and you can choose to
> keep the binary packages after installation if you want.
>

Thanks. Changed that now.

Is there a way via up2date to download the RPMs that I already have
installed without of course installing them again ?

"noone" <noone@noone.org> wrote in message
news:dVVfd.948$K7.838@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Markku Kolkka wrote:
> > noone wrote:
> >
> >>So I watched that directory while I downloaded a specific package.
> >>I noticed the .hdr file, then the rpm file, but after the rpm file was
> >>installed, the rpm file was removed from the directory (
> >>/var/spool/up2date ).
> >>
> >>Can anyone verify ?
> >
> >
> > It's a configuration option. Run up2date-config, and you can choose to
> > keep the binary packages after installation if you want.
> >
>
> Thanks. Changed that now.
>
> Is there a way via up2date to download the RPMs that I already have
> installed without of course installing them again ?

Use yum instead. Much more friendly, faster, and subtle in its behavior.

In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net>:

> "noone" <noone@noone.org> wrote in message
> news:dVVfd.948$K7.838@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Markku Kolkka wrote:
>> > noone wrote:
[..]

>> Is there a way via up2date to download the RPMs that I already have
>> installed without of course installing them again ?

> Use yum instead. Much more friendly, faster, and subtle in its behavior.

Agreed that yum is a great tool, however only downloading only is
also supported by up2date. All the OP needs is taking a look at
the fine manual 'man up2date'.

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Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net>:
>
>
>>"noone" <noone@noone.org> wrote in message
>>news:dVVfd.948$K7.838@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>
>>>Markku Kolkka wrote:
>>>
>>>>noone wrote:
>
> [..]
>
>
>>>Is there a way via up2date to download the RPMs that I already have
>>>installed without of course installing them again ?
>
>
>>Use yum instead. Much more friendly, faster, and subtle in its behavior.
>
>
> Agreed that yum is a great tool, however only downloading only is
> also supported by up2date. All the OP needs is taking a look at
> the fine manual 'man up2date'.
>

You mean the --download option:

-d, --download
Download packages only, do not install them. This option
is equivalent to the configuration option "Do not install
packages after retrieval." It is mutually exclusive with
the --install option.


But that does not sound like what I wanted to do. The above sounded like:

"Download new RPMs, but do not installe them".

What I really want is:

"Download all RPMS that I __already__ have installed but for which I
dont have the RPMS locally on /var/spool/up2date".

In comp.os.linux.setup noone <noone@noone.org>:
> Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net>:
>>>"noone" <noone@noone.org> wrote in message
>>>news:dVVfd.948$K7.838@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>Markku Kolkka wrote:
>>>>>noone wrote:
[..]
>>>>Is there a way via up2date to download the RPMs that I already have
>>>>installed without of course installing them again ?
[..]

> -d, --download
> Download packages only, do not install them. This option
[..]

> "Download all RPMS that I __already__ have installed but for which I
> dont have the RPMS locally on /var/spool/up2date".

Sure, thought you might get it yourself, without the need of
additional spoon-feeding?

You have to make yourself completely free from this brain-dead M$
attitude, many people seem to be fooled with today, there's no
button to click/droll, so it can't be done?

The *nix philosophy is quite different, no need for bloated tools
where the author will never be able to imagine anything one might
wish to do. But a powerful shell and anything can be put
together with minimal effort, only your own imagination is the
limit.

You know which rpms you have installed and which are in
/var/spool/up2date, so you simply need to compare them and
download the ones you don't have. You just have to convert this
idea to something bash can understand:

for r in `rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n'`
do
if ! [ -e /var/spool/up2date/$r.rpm ]
then
echo "Trying to download "$r
up2date-nox -d $r
fi
done

(untested! - might need some fiddling, dunno if those names
trigger up2date, left this as exercise for you - use 'man rpm')

Good luck

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