Newbie question about my own repository

BUMP? huh? what do you mean you created your own repo with creatrepo?
did you download ALL the rpm packages of a openSUSE online repo and
place them in local storage? or SEVERAL online repos? which?

and then point your zypper/yast to it?

why? are you providing your local cache to a huge group of local
users, or what? (most folks let yast/zypper just go out on the net and
fetch ONLY what is needed, when it is needed)

you do know that the contents of every repo might get tweaked 15 (or
150) times a day…as things are updated?

so, are you updating your entire local repo(s) before you try to load
a program into your operating system?

sorry, but i am very confused on what you have done…so, it is
impossible for me to answer your question…but, of course if you want
updated software you have to have access to the “Main Update” repo!

perhaps you need to do some reading, try:

http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts has a section on software management
and software package managers…you might find it interesting, and
informative…

and http://tinyurl.com/6jwtg9 has a section on repos, and their
management…and, other really cool stuff to understand…

come back and ask again if none of the above is helpful…but, be
prepared to fully explain what you are trying to do (because making a
local mirror of all the openSUSE repos just doesn’t make sense to me
(unless you are servicing LOTS of local users)…


natural_pilot