I haven't seen any response so far, and my answer doesn't exactly
address the central questions (auto-upgrade/pay-system/or free)
But if you like more control over what will happen on your
machine a manual upgrade is described in:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net
Then click a patch: (it will show you some details)
plus the """ text """ below
Select an FTP server -> -> download .rpm
Since you are tfp'ing from another site you may want to
get the GPG key also indicated in the """ text """
Finally, a note a bit beyond just a patch upgrade, I have never
'automatically upgraded' to a new Mandrake disto (only reinstalled)
since everybody told me it doesn't work as promised -- I would
love to hear that's not the case anymore?
- Horst
"""
Upgrade:
To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate.
If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one
of our FTP server
mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm".
Verification:
Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the
downloaded package.
You can do this with the command:
rpm --checksig package.rpm
You can get the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team to
verify the GPG
signature of each RPM.
If you use MandrakeUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG
signature is performed
automatically for you.
"""
On Sun, 5 May 2002, Dexter Graphic wrote:
> I encountered the following instructions on how to install updates to
> my Mandrake system but it wouldn't work when I tried it. Does anyone
> know if you have to be on some payment system to get these updates
> to work? I searched all over their web site trying to find out but I
> could not find anything describing the operation of MandrakeUpdate.
>
> http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/2002/MDKA-2002-004-1.php
>
> "A few packages are being provided as bugfix updates to the Mandrake
> Linux 8.2 release. ...To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate."
>
> Dexter
>
