(Fwd) Re: recommended tool to auto update rpms?

[Mark Peoples]

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. <g>

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.

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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 00:00:11 -0500
From: Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
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?
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