-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Keld J�rn Simonsen wrote:
> The man was asking for a tool to notify him whether there be any updates > to run, on a regulary basis. If your interpretation is correct, he should subscribe the the security announce mailinglist, which does about the same thing. > I think then my line above is an answer to > his request. Anyway it is up to him if he can use the suggestion. > I find it nice that others are doing it in the same way, like you. > > I think the GUI you are suggesting is provided with Mandrake update. > It makes no sense (to me, at least) to do package maintenance for the > system without being root. > Quoting the original user (not Andrey's proposed solution): "The RedHat notification tool is a perfect example but I haven't seen anything similar for MDrake" That most definitely isn't a cron job running with it's output disappearing into a mail queue the user does not even know about ... it's a tray applet that works in GNOME and KDE, and changes colour based on whether there are updates or not (IIRC, it's been a while since I last installed RH to see what they have been up to). Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/FXM/rJK6UGDSBKcRAsPHAJ9Ci8ktv6E4QGu0F0eHUZiWeg1uvgCfbq0z GJe+GPpX+T8yRLtBeqmaYLk= =zne5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
