-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Blindauer Emmanuel wrote: > Le Wednesday 16 July 2003 12:50, Buchan Milne a �crit : >
> This project was done by some of my students, but they didn't know the > distribution very well. The idea was to do something like windows update, or > the redhat equivalent: download regulary security updates and install them. > the public concerned was people beginning with mandrake, so no knowledge > about urpmi, cron and so. > There is one reason that they don't use urpmi.cfg: the update source isn't > configured if the MandrakeUpdate hasn't been launched before. "You have no update source configured, do you want to configure one now?" > And mandrake > provide a list of servers with updates on their home page. > The other difficulty was "when two users are on the computer, should their > run both the updrem ? and where to store files, Which files? That is why I was proposing comparing the system's descriptions file against the one on the server, each user would only ever download the descriptions file once every time it has changed (at most). We assume packages listed in the current descriptions file have been dealt with (unless the descriptions file were to include package version/release information which would allow people to be sure the packages were upgraded). > as theirs haven't root > priviledge" > The idea was to download first packages (when user want to dl them) and then > to ask for root passwd to do the install. Well, this could cause problems in a mutli-user setup. If packages are going to be downloaded, they need to be installed, so why not just do it all in one operation? 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/FoQArJK6UGDSBKcRAnYuAJ92ON18zG27TGXmzTUt0cxHucwJQgCgrr5w A9kRDSivKsijijAkeGdraf0= =vui0 -----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. ******************************************************************
