Repos and Mirrors

[Robin Long]

Hi All,

Whilst I am sure this must have been discussed before I cannot find any
information on it.

I am looking at creating a local(private) mirror for some of our
servers, but it is not clear which repos are needed and indeed what they do.

Looking at version 6 specifically we have

6 (i386/x86_64/external_products sym linked to 6x)
6x (i386/x86_64 sym linked to 6.5)
6.5
6.4
6.3
6.2
6.1
6.0
6rolling

I assume that 6 and 6x are symlinked for backwards compatability, is
this correct? and that 6x always links to the latest minor release?
I see that 6x is a repo in 6.4 and 6.5 installs, but does not exist in
the <6.3 repos
Also is 6rolling essentially testing?

Since I am a little short on disk space for hosting this, do I need all
minor releases? Or just the ones for the minor releases we have
running? If I have a 6.2 OS, can I just add the 6x repo and update
making it a 6.5? Do I have to do anything else?

Regards
Robin.

[Pat Riehecky]

Post by Robin Long
Hi All,
Whilst I am sure this must have been discussed before I cannot find
any information on it.
I am looking at creating a local(private) mirror for some of our
servers, but it is not clear which repos are needed and indeed what they do.
Looking at version 6 specifically we have
6 (i386/x86_64/external_products sym linked to 6x)
6x (i386/x86_64 sym linked to 6.5)
6.5
6.4
6.3
6.2
6.1
6.0
6rolling
I assume that 6 and 6x are symlinked for backwards compatability, is
this correct? and that 6x always links to the latest minor release?
I see that 6x is a repo in 6.4 and 6.5 installs, but does not exist in
the <6.3 repos
Also is 6rolling essentially testing?
Since I am a little short on disk space for hosting this, do I need
all minor releases? Or just the ones for the minor releases we have
running? If I have a 6.2 OS, can I just add the 6x repo and update
making it a 6.5? Do I have to do anything else?
Regards
Robin.

Does this documentation help clarify the issue:
http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-releases/#version-number


Pat

[Robin Long]

Hi Pat,

Thanks. I think so. If I understand this correctly, I only need to
sync the 6x release to a private mirror, to have the latest release.
Also, if I want to stick on 6.5 I guess I only need to sync the 6.5 repo?

Regards,
Robin.

Post by Pat Riehecky

Post by Robin Long
Hi All,
Whilst I am sure this must have been discussed before I cannot find
any information on it.
I am looking at creating a local(private) mirror for some of our
servers, but it is not clear which repos are needed and indeed what they do.
Looking at version 6 specifically we have
6 (i386/x86_64/external_products sym linked to 6x)
6x (i386/x86_64 sym linked to 6.5)
6.5
6.4
6.3
6.2
6.1
6.0
6rolling
I assume that 6 and 6x are symlinked for backwards compatability, is
this correct? and that 6x always links to the latest minor release?
I see that 6x is a repo in 6.4 and 6.5 installs, but does not exist
in the <6.3 repos
Also is 6rolling essentially testing?
Since I am a little short on disk space for hosting this, do I need
all minor releases? Or just the ones for the minor releases we have
running? If I have a 6.2 OS, can I just add the 6x repo and update
making it a 6.5? Do I have to do anything else?
Regards
Robin.

http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-releases/#version-number
Pat

[Pat Riehecky]

Yes, that is correct.

Since that article is recently re-written I wanted to be sure it made sense.

The doc is only good if it actually explains things well. :)

Pat

Post by Robin Long
Hi Pat,
Thanks. I think so. If I understand this correctly, I only need to
sync the 6x release to a private mirror, to have the latest release.
Also, if I want to stick on 6.5 I guess I only need to sync the 6.5 repo?
Regards,
Robin.

Post by Pat Riehecky

Post by Robin Long
Hi All,
Whilst I am sure this must have been discussed before I cannot find
any information on it.
I am looking at creating a local(private) mirror for some of our
servers, but it is not clear which repos are needed and indeed what they do.
Looking at version 6 specifically we have
6 (i386/x86_64/external_products sym linked to 6x)
6x (i386/x86_64 sym linked to 6.5)
6.5
6.4
6.3
6.2
6.1
6.0
6rolling
I assume that 6 and 6x are symlinked for backwards compatability, is
this correct? and that 6x always links to the latest minor release?
I see that 6x is a repo in 6.4 and 6.5 installs, but does not exist
in the <6.3 repos
Also is 6rolling essentially testing?
Since I am a little short on disk space for hosting this, do I need
all minor releases? Or just the ones for the minor releases we have
running? If I have a 6.2 OS, can I just add the 6x repo and update
making it a 6.5? Do I have to do anything else?
Regards
Robin.

http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-releases/#version-number
Pat