urpmi.setup
Olivier Thauvin <thauvin@aerov.jussieu.fr>
http://nanardon.homelinux.org/urpmi.setup/

This tool was designed to help the user setting up urpmi so it uses mirrors as source of packages.

1) USING IT

urpmi.setup is a simple perl script:
It retrieves a list of mirror from a web site and setup urpmi from it.

Started without argument, it retrieves the list and launches the appropriate urpmi.addmedia commands.
Options are: (a '*' indicates you can set it in /etc/urpmi/mirror.config):

  -h|--help           Gives options and some information:
Information output takes all given options in account.

  -t|--test           Do nothing, just show what it would do

* -v|--verbose        Make it verbose

* -u|--url     url    Url to use to retrieve list
*   |--mdkver  ver    Force Mandrake linux version to ver
*   |--arch    arch   Force architecture to arch
Ensure you use a compatible architecture

2) CONFIG FILE

All words following a # are ignored.
Format is simple:
PARAM=VALUE
For options that do not need any value (i.e. verbose), any value is ok.

3) FILE FORMAT

The mirror list should be set like this:

Name:Version:Arch:Localisation:Address with hdlist...

- Name is the name of the source, usally main, contrib or update
- Version is the Mandrake Linux version. A * means it concern all versions.
- Arch is the architecture (ppc,i586,i386,noarch...). A * means it concern all architectures.
Actually, a noarch source is selected for all arch, but i386 != i586 != athlon.
- Localisation is for information only, can be empty.

The remaining information is the mirror's url.

example:
main:cooker:i586:Sweden:ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz


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