Changes

If you have another server that has been updated using yum you may be able to:

If you have another server that has been updated using yum you may be able to:

copy all the updated rpms from the local yum cache into a single folder

copy all the updated rpms from the local yum cache into a single folder

 

move that folder to the SME server(s) that still need updating

move that folder to the SME server(s) that still need updating

update yum locally

 

update yum locally

If you're lucky you will have all the dependencies in your update folder.

If you're lucky you will have all the dependencies in your update folder.

===Procedure===

===Procedure===

Here are the specific folders you'll need to include (assuming you have no contribs installed from non-standard repositories):

Here are the specific folders you'll need to include (assuming you have no contribs installed from non-standard repositories):

/var/cache/yum/base/packages

/var/cache/yum/base/packages

/var/cache/yum/addons/packages

/var/cache/yum/addons/packages

/var/cache/yum/smeos/packages

/var/cache/yum/smeos/packages

/var/cache/yum/smeaddons/packages

/var/cache/yum/smeaddons/packages

/var/cache/yum/smeupdates/packages

/var/cache/yum/smeupdates/packages

You can copy these package files to the other servers in many different ways. Including, but not limited to: scp, sftp, winscp, rsync.  

You can copy these package files to the other servers in many different ways. Including, but not limited to: scp, sftp, winscp, rsync.  

smeos:  

smeos:  

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7.2/smeos/i386/SME/RPMS

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7.3/smeos/i386/SME/RPMS

smeupdates:

smeupdates:

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7.2/smeupdates/i386/RPMS

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7.3/smeupdates/i386/RPMS