pax command to hardlink rpms into chroot

[Aaron Bartell]

This StackExchange post describes how to us the PASE pax command to recursively create hardlinks. This could be used in yum and chroot scenarios to keep from having to download rpms. In short, create hardlinks from the base of the IFS into the chroot for where the yum cache exists.

[Musse]

@aaronbartell Interesting, Does yum keep the .rpm files it downloads around after installation?

[Aaron Bartell]

Yum can be configured to cache, yes. I don't recall what the default setting is for yum cache (ask Kevin).