[PLUG] Yum repodata directory

[Terry Griffin]

On Saturday 13 November 2004 2:28 pm, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Terry Griffin wrote:
> > I've searched all over and I can't find any information on how to
> > generated the repodata subdirectory. The yum-arch utility doesn't
> > do it. It just makes the headers directory. Anyone figured this out
> > yet?
>
> createrepo is the application you want. A discussion of the drive
> behind the change to repodata is online at Duke:
>
>    http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata
>
> You can get createrepo from a number of rpm repositories, or you can
> go to the source:
>
>    http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata/generate/
>

Thanks. Knowing what to look for I found an RPM for createrepo
on the FC3 CDs. It is not installed by default.

Terry