Once it is configured, patching becomes as easy as running the following commands:
this command will list all the packages on your system needing patching: # yum check-update
this command will update all known packages (after prompting for acceptance of the suggested list of patches)
# yum update
this command will update a set of packages starting with the same character string (in this case X):
# yum update X*
For more info: Have a peek at http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO
Similarly, the Fedora Legacy project supports "apt" as well, but I have only used "yum" so far.
HTH,
...Niels
Curtis Sloan wrote:
On Sun May 9 2004 17:09, Rob Stallard wrote:
<snip>
*puts his newbie hat on*
I've never patched linux before, how do you do it?
- Patching binary packages: upgrade to a newer package supplied by your distro by using the applicable tool (i.e. rpm, apt, pkgtool, etc.).
e.g. rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.5-i386-1.rpm
- Patching source packages: download the diff file and use the patch utility
e.g. cd /usr/src/linux && patch -p0 patch-2.6.6-rc3
Do you just grab the rpm's or source and install? are there specificsecurity patches?
Most distributions will provide updated packages when notified of a security vulnerability in software they ship or maintain. Often there are security mailing lists you can join to be notified of such releases.
HTH, Curtis
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