Nick Rout wrote: > Or you can use up2date or the equivalent tool from you distro that > automatically downloads all dependencies. Some people object to up2date > because you must register (for free) to use it, and it only downloads > from redhat, which can be slow.
I get around this by using wget to update a local cache directory of RH7.2 updates from the French rpmfind.net mirror, which is heaps faster than the RH site. Not forgetting, of course, to set the machines' up2date config to leave the RPMs intact after installation. Then an up2date does a bit of header downloading with the RH server, finds all the RPMs already downloaded, and does a nice, clean update. So far I've submitted 2 bugfixes to up2date, and it does seem to be getting more user friendly. But yes, it is also getting slower as the RH servers get more heavily loaded. Some guys at work use Ximian's Red Carpet to update the Gnome stuff, but it's not compatible with Red Hat all the time. Vik :v) -- /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign One of The Olliver Family \ / X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail http://olliver.family.gen.nz X / \ - NO MSWord docs in e-mail Public PGP key available there / \
