I'll be beginning work on a system like this on Monday because we need it to do some 'special' things (namely, work with SMS), only the one I'm doing has to do 5.2 -> current RH. Porting it to debs shouldn't be much of a problem, but I'll have to setup a debian system to test it on first. We might limit it to ASU IPs only, but I can always put in another way to get in there. =) Essentially, the system will keep track of the RPMs you have installed, and will e-mail you when an update is available for the packages you have installed. But anon-ftp will still be there if you don't feel like using the system. marco -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Kevin Buettner Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:40 AM To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us Subject: (Fwd) Re: recommended tool to auto update rpms? I've been lurking on one of the public Red Hat lists which deals with Red Hat 7. I think the message below answers several of the questions that folks on this list have had about Red Hat 7 in the past. --- Forwarded mail from guinness-list@redhat.com Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 00:00:11 -0500 From: Matt Wilson To: guinness-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: recommended tool to auto update rpms? The Red Hat Network has a free level of service that allows you to download and instal updates. Just use the "anonymous" registration through the GUI or commandline: up2date -r -l to list the updates that apply to your system, then: up2date -r [list the packages you want do download here] a future version of the command line interface will allow: "up2date -r -u" which will download and install all the updated package that apply to your system. This level will always be free. Matt On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 04:35:54PM -0500, Heitzso wrote: > I guess I'm spoiled, but I'ld assume that > a free version of what I'm looking for would > be available, since both Helix and Debian > offer smooth-clean update mechanisms. > > While RedHat Network might provide this, > it's a $ service. > > Let add a rider to my original question ... > what's the official plebian/free way > to auto-update a RH's RPMs? > > Heitzso > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jakob Siguršsson [mailto:jakobs@simnet.is] > > Doesn“t the Redhat Network do just this? > http://www.redhat.com/products/network > > > -----Original Message----- > From: guinness-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:guinness-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Heitzso > Subject: recommended tool to auto update rpms? > > > I had been using autorpm but it stopped working for > me about a month ago. I might have touched a config > file wrong though I don't recall doing anything back > when it last caught a RedHat update. This morning > I spent an hour mucking with it's config files, > trying to run it in debug mode, etc. and debug isn't > showing it ever getting close to my redhat update > configuration. > > I then tried to use gnorpm to show me out of date > packages (btw, I know they exist because I double > checked against rpmfind's site that was the only > site in my autorpm pool for redhat updates and > there are quite a few updated packages that I should > be installing) but couldn't figure out where the > gnorpm color coding was supposed to occur, etc. > In any case, scanning 500 or a 1000 packages in > the gnorpm hierarchy looking for out-of-date > packages is not appealing. What gnorpm needs > is a single button to spit out a list of updated > packages and then let you choose the ones to > install. > > I use Helix update on my RH system and rejoice. > > I have Debian on two other systems here and, while > it's not always the smoothest process, I still > rejoice over apt-get, dselect, et al. > > MY QUESTION: What is the 'official' recommended > mechanism to easily flag and download/install > upgraded packages? _______________________________________________ Guinness-list mailing list Guinness-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list ---End of forwarded mail from guinness-list@redhat.com ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss