Andrey Borzenkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 16 July 2003 18:59, 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. I think then my line above is an answer to > > his request. Anyway it is up to him if he can use the suggestion. > > Sigh ... the man was asking for a tool that > > - is part of distribution > - is available and enabled by default > - does not require cron knowledge > - does not require urpmi knowledge > - DOES NOT REUIRE ANY KNOWLEDGE AT ALL > > i.e. he was asking for a standard part of every (professional) Windows program > now-a-days - configuration dialog "check for updates - dayly, weekly, ..., > never". > > Sure it is up to him to use your suggestion. It is also up to him > to spend his money on Mandrake or RedHat or SuSE if this feature is > valuable for him ... > > do not assume that somebody actually knows what cron is or that Mandrake > Update actually calls urpmi ... nor should anybody really know and care. > > when I repost some article from a.o.l.m on cooker, I usually do it to > demonstrate what *real* users expect from Mandrake. This request has been > fairly common ...
A modified MandrakeUpdate started from an /etc/X11/xinit.d/ scripts and which checks periodically updates and launch MandrakeUpdate on need ? or a configurations tools ? Fran�ois.
