On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 05:22:32AM -0500, KF wrote: > If you are too lazy to register make use of rpmfind.net
or use Conectivas apt port for rpm. It's working very well. I upgraded a box from RH 7.1 -> 7.2 -> 7.3 while it was running without problems. Ok upgrade from 7.3 -> 8.0 doesn't work with apt up the rest was quite impressive for a machine running RH ;) > Nicob wrote: > >On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 12:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >>Compare this to Red Hat Network. You can see at a glance whether your > >>registered servers are up to date (from anywhere with Internet Access). > >>There are probably other Linux distros that do the same. > > > > > >Red Hat is one of the worst distribution of Linux in terms of patches > >and upgrades. You need to register (OK, it's free) to the Red Hat > >Network, and dependencies are not handled very well. > > > >On Debian, to know if you're up-to-date : > > > > apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -s > > > >To install the lastest fixes : > > > > apt-get update; apt-get upgrade > > > >And in Debian, the fixes are back-ported. No added functionnality in the > >soft that you're upgrading, so (a lot) less bad surprises ... AFAIK the same applys to RH. What I dislike is that they've limited the free sec support to only 12 month but that's buissnes and another topic. Sven FYI: http://moin.conectiva.com.br/AptRpm/ -- Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly, and modestly. - Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
