CentOS - Feb 2007 - Centos 4.0 updates repo & local repository creation

Hello all

I used Centos 4.0 iso to setup my systems and updated till date. I
assume they are equivalent to systems created with Centos 4.4

Now, I am planning to setup a full local repository of Centos updates,
extras, centosplus etc. (not isos...as I intend to download isos only
when Centos 5 becomes available.

Please advise what directories I should download for my local
repository, as the download tree has updates, extras, centosplus repos
for 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4. & 4.4 & so on. Please advise the appropriate
rsync commands, so that I can use it, so as to exclude isos and
include the rest.

A smal comment on how the repos relate to version numbers would be
really appreciated.

With best regards.
Sanjay.

> I used Centos 4.0 iso to setup my systems and updated till date. I
> assume they are equivalent to systems created with Centos 4.4
That's how it works, yes.
> Please advise what directories I should download for my local
> repository, as the download tree has updates, extras, centosplus repos
> for 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4. & 4.4 & so on. Please advise the appropriate
> rsync commands, so that I can use it, so as to exclude isos and
> include the rest.
Rsync commands depend on the mirror to some extent. The general way to
mirror would be 'rsync -azvH remote-mirror.org::somelocation/.
/some/local/dir/'

If you actually look at the mirrors, you'll notice that 4.1, 4.2, etc
are all empty. See -> http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4.2/readme

It's generally best to use 4/ instead of 4.1 etc, as 4/ will always
point to the current release.
> A smal comment on how the repos relate to version numbers would be
> really appreciated.
As in the readme linked to above. 4 represents the major version
(there's only centos 4, not centos 4.0, 4.1 etc) and the .X number
represents the minor version, which corresponds to the upstream
vendor's quarterly updates.
> With best regards.
> Sanjay.
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On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:09:32 +0530, Sanjay Arora wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I used Centos 4.0 iso to setup my systems and updated till date. I assume
> they are equivalent to systems created with Centos 4.4
> 
> Now, I am planning to setup a full local repository of Centos updates,
> extras, centosplus etc. (not isos...as I intend to download isos only when
> Centos 5 becomes available.
> 
> Please advise what directories I should download for my local repository,
> as the download tree has updates, extras, centosplus repos for 4.0, 4.1,
> 4.2, 4. & 4.4 & so on. Please advise the appropriate rsync
commands, so
> that I can use it, so as to exclude isos and include the rest.
> 
> A smal comment on how the repos relate to version numbers would be really
> appreciated.
> 
> With best regards.
> Sanjay.
I have been using lftp to mirror CentOS files.  For example, the following
one-liner mirrors CentOS4 updates i386 directory:

lftp -e 'open http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/updates && mirror
-c --delete  i386 && exit'

You can exclude directories by using the -x flag.

Akemi