Bug 157058

Summary: integrate updates and patches into installation medium
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1 Reporter: Andreas Stieger <Andreas.Stieger>
Component: InstallationAssignee: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity: Enhancement    
Priority: P5 - None CC: suse-beta
Version: Beta 6   
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Andreas Stieger 2006-03-10 14:15:24 UTC 
There should be a way to combine installation media with updates and patches from the /updates ftp tree usually delivered via YaST2 online update (you) into a new, "slipstream" installation media (iso or network), so that all machines installed from that already have all updates applied. I assume this includes copying in the newer .rpm, deleting the older ones and updating the media info and selections files. I don't think, however, that this should be integrated into YaST2.
This will get more important as the release cycles get longer. Also, this has been asked for since at least 9.1: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2004-05/1312.html
Comment 1 Michael Gross 2006-03-13 13:52:18 UTC 
Where do you think it should be integrated then if not YaST?
Comment 2 Andreas Stieger 2006-03-13 14:11:52 UTC 
genIS_PLAINcache, createrepo, create_package_descr (yast2-packagemanager)
Well, it's YaST afterall. But I think that a CLI would be sufficient.
Comment 3 Michael Gross 2006-03-13 14:18:08 UTC 
Redirecting to the maintainer for a comment.
Comment 4 Jiri Srain 2006-07-17 13:57:07 UTC 
Starting 10.1, all the metadata is digitally signed, which means, that you cannot update the metadata without getting warnings during installation.

Anyway, you can do a trick: Add the update source as an Add-On product, then the patches will be available also during installzation. Well, you will have two sources, and as YUM consumes more memory, it might not work during installation (a lot of stuff must be in memory, no swap).
Comment 5 Jiri Srain 2006-07-17 13:57:50 UTC 
Rudi, can you comment on this request, regarding the tools which would be needed?
Comment 6 Andreas Stieger 2006-08-22 20:11:19 UTC 
With the SUSE 10.1 release, no more old packages are installed just to be immediately updated. Instead, the newest available version is installed right away. From the admin point of view, this item can be closed.
Comment 7 Ruediger Oertel 2006-10-27 14:23:53 UTC 
let's just close this now, I think the installation workflow has made the
problem vanish