If you have one system, you can actually use RHN for free. On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Ian wrote:
> because i was trying to be cheap and avoid paying the $60/yr subscription > fee. ;) > > wouldnt a reboot cause any daemon to update whatever needs to be updated? > > ian > > At 02:29 AM 11/28/2002, you wrote: > >up2date makes use of the rpm database...but it's possible that, after you > >manually installed the updates, that the rhn daemon hadn't had a chance to > >update your system's entry. > > > >Out of curiosity, if you're using up2date to check on your system's > >status, why not just use it to update the system, as well? > > > >On 28 Nov 2002, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 15:45, Ian Lipsky wrote: > > > > I downloaded the updates that were available for my 8.0 system. > > > > > > > > I used rpm -Uvh to install them, and it seemed to work ok. There were no > > > > error messages (ran them as root). However, they dont seem to have gone > > > > into effect. The update agent still says i need all those updates. When i > > > > reboot i dont have the updated kernel. > > > > > > > > can anyone tell me why its not working? Do i have to pay the $60/yr > > > > subscription fee to redhat or something? > > > > > > > > > > I think you need to tell update that the packages are already updated > > > since you did it outside of the tool. I have not used it but looking at > > > the docs should help. > > > > > > Bret > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Mike Burger > >http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > >Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > >telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
