I did get a reply from Suse: Unfortunately, YaST Online Update is currently broken for all but x86 architectures. We are working on a solution and will inform you through a maintenance update notification mail as soon as the fix is available. In the meantime, please install the patches manually. We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope to have the issue resolved very soon.
"Lucius, Leland" wrote: > Yep, read that. While it did get me through my proxy, I was still unable to > get to the updates. I don't recall the particular message right now, but it > kept telling me something about not being authorized or some such. > > Thinking I was getting the logon/password wrong, I requested new passwords > for our support key numerous times. Other than doing the equivalent of what > I have below in Yast, nothing I did within Yast would work. > > Eventually, I came up with this little 2 line script to suck down all the > recent updates. Then I just point Yast to a directory for the updates and > everything works just dandy. Just setup the http proxy statement in > /etc/wgetrc and call this script like: > > get_suse_updates <proxyid> <proxypw> > > #!/bin/sh > > wget --mirror \ > --cut-dirs=5 \ > --no-host-directories \ > --proxy-user=$1 \ > --proxy-passwd=$2 \ > --http-user=<suseid> \ > --http-passwd=<susepw> \ > --accept='*-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\.rpm,patch-*' \ > http://sdb.suse.de/download/s390x/update/SuSE-SLES/7/ > > BTW, this also works nicely for the IBM kernel updates as well: > > #!/bin/sh > > wget --mirror \ > --level 1 \ > --cut-dirs=2 \ > --no-host-directories \ > --proxy-user=$1 \ > --proxy-passwd=$2 \ > http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/src/ > > Eventually, I'll be running the SuSE update script whenever I get an email > notification that a new patch is available. I've just been too lazy to do > it. > > Leland > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon R. Doyle > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2/21/03 1:54 PM > Subject: Re: Getting Online Update to work > > http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/drahn_patch_update.html > > Jon R. Doyle > Sendmail Inc. > 6425 Christie Ave > Emeryville, Ca. 94608 > > (o_ > (o_ (o_ //\ > (/)_ (\)_ V_/_ > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Lucius, Leland wrote: > > > Hi Ann, > > > > I got it to work under SLES7(.2). But, I'd like to see if someone > from SuSE > > responds to your question first, before I tell what I had to do. Why? > > Because knowing me, I probably took the "wrong" way around to get it > to work > > and am curious what the "right" way is. > > > > Leland > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ann Smith > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 2/21/03 12:52 PM > > Subject: Getting Online Update to work > > > > We recently installed SLES7 and SLES8. How do you get Online Update to > > work from YaST2? With SLES7 we get a list of ftp servers to pick from > > but can't get any to connect. With SLES8 there is no list, just one > > entry 'http://sdb.suse.de/youfix'. > > I did register our key at Suse using the website and I did ask for a > > password, though I don't know if they will be needed.. > >
