On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 07:43, Franki wrote: > That leads to a couple of interesting questions... > > > 1. I have two dozen mdk 9.0 boxes around town.. and I have set most of them > up to use the same urpmi sources. > But its a time consuming process to do so.. is there some config file or > directory that I can copy to the new servers to give them the same sources? > (texstar, contrib, plf, updates etc)??? that would be very handy if I could > just copy across some files and issue urpmi an update.. >
I don't think so -- this was my complaint to Todd Lyons here http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-expert&m=103834832226012&w=2 and is why I don't think urpmi is maintaining good data/configuration separation. To get it to work, you'll need to construct a shell script containing the urpmi.addmedia commands for each source, get it to the machines, and run it. > 2. All my mail servers use amavisd and a virus scanner to scan all main, (in > and out.) for spam and virus's... now I'm using amavis-new which requires > spamassasin, and both have need of a good many perl modules, and helper > apps... > > Is there any application that I can use to create a shapshot of an > installation process. (like installing all the requirements of spamassasin > and amavis-new as well as the programs themselves.) so I can copy that > snapshot to another mdk9.0 system and install the exact same snapshot? > Again, shell-scripting is probably the best way to go -- a little tricky with the CPAN stuff if you haven't set up CPAN already on each box though. If you're in full control of all 24, you should be able to just copy the config from the /root/.cpan/ before running the perl -mCPAN -i[bundle] commands. > It takes ages to setup a fully functional amavis-new/spamassasin/Trend > filescan mailserver. mostly due to installing many many perl modules.. (alot > of which are not included in mdk9.0 and have to be compiled from cpan.) > > > I'd love a way to automate it. > > Anyone got any tips on how I might do that?? (I know I could build the lot > into an RPM, but that would take longer then installing it 2 dozen times. at > least it would for me to do it.) > If the boxes are all the same or similar (e.g. same CPU architecture, distribution, and set of packages) then I would force installation of the whole package into a single directory, then tar that up and copy it. I work with an application server called Zope that is a seriously massive PITA to set up, and I've been using this trick to back it up and migrate it to new boxes for ages now. > > regards > > Frank > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jack Coates > Sent: Sunday, 1 December 2002 11:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] urpmi --auto-select getting jiggy with apache > > > No, but I do have plf, mandrakeclub-testing, contrib and texstar -- One > of these days I'll have to figure out how MandrakeUpdate chooses the > update source only when it looks. > > On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 23:06, James Sparenberg wrote: > > Do you perhaps have a cooker list in your urpmi database. I've noticed > > on occasion that urpmi can get confused vs Mandrakeupdate almost as if > > they aren't reading the same files. Unfortunately I've never managed to > > make it reproduceable. > > > > James > > > > > > On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 21:24, Jack Coates wrote: > > > I've got a 9.0 box with Apache 1.3.26 on it, and urpmi is trying to > > > upgrade me to Apache 2.0 without my consent. Oddly enough, if I export X > > > and use MandrakeUpdate instead, I get a completely different set of > > > packages to upgrade. > > > > > > what gives? > > > -- > > > Jack Coates > > > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- > Jack Coates > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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