Quick list of simple-start docs for folks using yum/createrepo/yum-utils/etc 1. how to make a repository createrepo createrepo -d createrepo --update -d createrepo --update --skip-stat -d 2. What is comps and how do I make groups and use them? describe comps format and how it is used comps-create createrepo -g comps-merge 3. basic yum commands - getting started yum list yum list available yum list installed yum list extras yum install/remove/update yum check-update (and the return code) yum grouplist yum groupinfo yum info yum list/info pkgname/pkgglob yum search yum shell < -- maybe break this one out into its own little doc yum makecache yum clean yum groupinstall/remove/etc 4. managing your own repositories: - repomanage - pruning repositories of old cruft - reposync - syncing down pkgs from other repos - good repo practices - dir structure - hardlinking - verifying a repository is correct: verify-tree.py - checking package gpg keys: rpm -K -v 5. interesting rpm commands: - rpm -qa --last - rpm -qa --qf "%{size} %{name}.%{arch}\n" | sort -rn | less - rpm --eval - rpm --showrc 6. yum-utils/plugins uses: - package-cleanup --leaves/--orphans - package-cleanup --problems - package-cleanup --oldkernels - repotrack - repodiff - see the changes - repoquery - yum-debug-dump - yum-complete-transaction - yumdownloader - yum aliases plugin - yum-filter-data plugin - yum-verify plugin - yum-changelog