There's only one problem I've had with Red Carpet. Well, maybe two. I've seen it "recommend" a list of packages including Courier, Tux, and OpenSSH, when my machine already had working installations of Sendmail, apache, and SSH. The absence of a product in the catalog is not a reason to install it when the user selects "update me".
Second, I got out of the RPM update routine for a few months, and it bit me in the buttocks like a big, hairy dog. When you build your openssh from source, including openssl, it largely accepts the versions of whatever adequate libs and dependencies you've got and does the job. If you come back later and try to upgrade your glibc.... This version of glibc required for <list of apps>. Upgrade of <apps> fails because all the new ones require upgraded glibc, and all the new versions use ssl, and a specific version of ssl that you do not have installed. Never mind that I ssh and tunnel in and out of my net all day, I can't upgrade PINE becuase it says I don't have good enough openssl! I guess if you start from a fairly new cd and use Red Carpet from day one to update you on a weekly basis, it's just fantastic. I've used it that way once or twice before. Heaven help you if you fall behind... That product-2.0.9.5b-dependences in every single rpm is the one pitfall I have with that whole system. -- -j On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, John Hebert wrote: > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:46:54 -0600 > From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Ximian - Was Re: [brluglist] Baldur's Gate > > Agree with Shannon: Gnome is really nice and looking forward to what comes > next from Ximian. The Red Carpet software update app is cool and definitely > an app category we will see more of. Haven't played with Ximian Evolution > yet, though I know that is a nice app from hearsay from many. > > BTW: I just updated the BRLUG CD Library with the 7 CD Ximian collection > donated by Choppy Cusachs. It includes: > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (Potato) for x86 > Linux Mandrake 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0 > LinuxPPC 2000 > Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 for x86 > Solaris 7, 8 for UltraSPARC > SuSE 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 for x86 > Turbolinux 6.0 > Yellow Dog Linux 1.2, 2.0 > as well as the various Ximian apps, Star Office, and many others. So, it's a > good way to check out various distros quickly. > > If you have any Linux/UNIX/*BSD related CDs of Free|Open Source software > that you don't need anymore, please donate them to the BRLUG CD Library. I'm > the interim CD librarian until somebody else wants to do it. There are a few > distros already in the CD library, so don't grow old waiting to download the > CDs, check em out of our library. > > Thanks, > John Hebert > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shannon Roddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 5:04 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Ximian - Was Re: [brluglist] Baldur's Gate > > > > > > Just wait till 2.0 comes out. Mostly cosmetic changes, but I > > am looking > > forward to the improved anti-aliasing of the fonts, etc. Ximian is > > GREAT - just takes a relatively recent machine to run it. > > > > Shannon > > > > On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 16:57, Douglas Adams wrote: > > > I've got it on DVD, which works fine with the original > > installation from > > > cd as far as I know. I could bring it to the next meeting > > if no one > > > else has it. > > > > > > In other news, I'm using Ximian Desktop right now, and it's > > pretty damn > > > sweet. I'm not ready to leave KDE behind, but I will give > > gnome it's > > > dues now, thanks to the monkey. > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 17:03, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > > Does anyone have the original Baldur's Gate? I gave my > > copy to a friend but > > > > CD 4 is scratched and so he can't finish the game! Can I > > get a copy or > > > > borrow the original for a few days? > > > > > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > --- > > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Information Systems Consultant > > > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > > your subscription information. > > > > ================================================ > > > -- > > > "Be true to yourself and you will never fall" - Beastie Boys > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > -- > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. 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