I want to use rsync to download to local copy the distro tree and periodically update the update tree. With several installations I would then like to set the local tree up in Software-Manager as one of the sources. I've been using this method with Suse and pointing the package handler Yast to "Local Plain rpm Directories", not the same as _createrepo_

How can I do all this and give the Software-Manager a single local parent directory for all locally available packages?

This page has an example of a script to create a local mirror:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_Mirror_script_example

Personally I just use a simple script with a single rsync command for each distribution that I want to mirror, such as:

and set it up to run daily using Once you have set up your local mirror, to use it as the software source, configure a custom source using drakrpm-edit-media:
http://doc.mageia.org/mcc/4/en/conte...dit-media.html

or use as root - the man page gives examples.

Jim

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Thanks a meg, that's what I call a response!

What I have been doing is just selected directories one-by-one in a single script which I run when the urge hits me and subsequently use the partial local tree via the gui package-manager (Yast for Suse) on the same basis. For this what I really need is the list of available directories from which to select and the way to point the package-manager to the local ones. Yours is a much more complete solution, sure is nice to have & thanks again.

sample from my script:
echo "START ftp5.gwdg.de:ub/opensuse/update/13.1/i586/ /0/sa14/comp/fix-os131/updt/suse/i586"
rsync -vidhut --bwlimit=800 --progress \
--exclude-from=/0/sa14/comp/fix-os131/excl.txt \
--delete-excluded \
--delete-after \
ftp5.gwdg.de:ub/opensuse/update/13.1/i586/ /0/sa14/comp/fix-os131/updt/suse/i586
echo " ";echo " ";echo " ";echo " ";echo " ";

I just went and took a look at those sites but I don't see any with actual rpm's. The whole mirror would be over 700gb which is not what I'm loking for at all and I don't see an easy way to filter down to just what I want. I know this is not a Suse thread but as an example my entire suse-13.1 local repo with distro as well updates is currently at only 41.2gb of the total available. What I was hoping for was an ftp tree that more or less duplicates the package-manager repo checkboxes and which I could rsync from time to time with such directory or rpm excludes as desired.

You apparently didn't look very carefully.

This page explains the layout of a Mageia mirror:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mirrors_p...vailable_media

My (partial) mirror for cauldron is about 41GB for each of x86_64 and i586. For a normal x86_64 installation it is useful to have both, if you plan on using things like skype that are only 32bit.

Jim

I stand corrected, I had looked everywhere except in the media folders :-(

My own rsync is running already

Thanks