Re: [atomic-devel] Extending Atomic Host and 'rpm-ostree pkg-add'

[Jonathan Lebon <jlebon redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> My question is that will it be possible to install local rpm files via
> 'rpm-ostree pkg-add'?

Yeah, that's:
https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/blob/master/TODO#L35

It shouldn't be too hard to add support for this (and we
should do that). A hacky workaround in the meantime is to
createrepo && python -m SimpleHTTPServer in a container.

Though one advantage with using repos is that the package is
kept up to date as you update your ostree. In the common
case, the repos in /etc/yum.repos.d/ are the very same repos
the content provider uses to compose your ostrees, which is
a nice property to have (for example, it reduces chances of
conflicts).

Of course, these are the same trade-offs you'd make on a
package-managed system, except that on an ostree-managed
system right now, you will not be able to upgrade if your
layered package is causing issues:

https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/issues/464

So that's probably something we'll want to fix as well when
we add support for local RPMs.