----- Original Message ----- > My question is that will it be possible to install local rpm files via > 'rpm-ostree pkg-add'?
Yeah, that's: https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/blob/master/TODO#L35 It shouldn't be too hard to add support for this (and we should do that). A hacky workaround in the meantime is to createrepo && python -m SimpleHTTPServer in a container. Though one advantage with using repos is that the package is kept up to date as you update your ostree. In the common case, the repos in /etc/yum.repos.d/ are the very same repos the content provider uses to compose your ostrees, which is a nice property to have (for example, it reduces chances of conflicts). Of course, these are the same trade-offs you'd make on a package-managed system, except that on an ostree-managed system right now, you will not be able to upgrade if your layered package is causing issues: https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/issues/464 So that's probably something we'll want to fix as well when we add support for local RPMs.
