On Tue Sep 16, 2003 at 10:45:07PM -0500, Avi Schwartz wrote: > >>Today, Mandrake has issued a security update to ssh (BTW, if you did > >>not update it yet, you better do it soon, before the exploit starts > >>circulating). I updated all the sources but urpmi --update > >>--auto-select told me that everything is up to date. Tried the > >>graphical updater, the same story. I ended up downloading the new > >>RPMs and installing them manually. How am I supposed to trust > >>DrakeUpdate and urpmi? > >>This is something Mandrake can learn from SuSE. Their online update > >>works perfectly every time. > >>Avi > > > >Your success with Mandrake Update depends on the mirror you have setup > >as your update source. Mandrake just released the updated packages > >and it takes time for all of the update mirrors to sync with > >Mandrake's server. You may need to give your mirror some time to > >actually get the updates from the mothership. Once that is done you > >should be able to update without a hitch. I just did and it went as > >smooth as usual. > > > >Also, you need to run "urpmi.update -a" first to make sure your box > >knows that there are updates available. Then run "urpmi -v --updates > >--auto-select" or "urpmi -v --auto-select" to actually download and > >install the updates. > > I did urpmi.update -a first, but I guess I need to look for better > mirrors. Is there a way to find out which mirrors are updated more > frequently?
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