<snip> > But How will I know what are the patches that I need to install > to let my system updated ? > thanks again!!
RHN (Red Hat Network) does a nice job of determining what packages you need upgrades for, based on what packages you have installed. You then have the option of automatically updating them via up2date, or downloading the packages for later install. Each purchase of RedHat Linux grants one free subscription to RHN (at least, that's the deal I got when I bought). Very valuable item, if you ask me. > <snip> > But it is a pain! See if you can get the firewall re-configured > to allow use of up2date it is good. I also use it when I want to install > a new package I just say up2date package-name. I used to go to the > RedHat site and then find the RPM's I needed down loaded them and then > did a rpm -ivh package.rpm. It was time consuming especially when there > was a dependency problem. > <snip> Good luck getting a firewall changed just for you; but, it might be worth the effort; up2date is that useful. In my own situation, I use the manual download & install method, maintaining a complete library of every package that is not on my original disks. I put all the updates onto a CD every so often. (Soon, I may need multiple CD's!) In this way, if I ever have to wipe a disk and start over, I have everything I need, without having to go back to RHN for several hours of downloads. Yeah, there have been quite a few upgrades since RH 7.1 came out. ;) Hopefully, RH doesn't mind this, since it also minimizes the load on their servers. One thing to remember, though, is to schedule a "package list refresh" with RHN after you do the installs, so they can correctly track which upgrades you need. Sure, then they know exactly the list of packages installed on your machine. If we were talking about a certain monopolistic organization from Redmond, WA, I'd be worried about sharing such info; but with RH, I am not at all worried. Go figure. By the way, I recommend using "rpm -Uvh package.rpm" instead of "rpm -ivh" when upgrading packages (yes, that is an uppercase "U"). If you don't have store-bought RedHat, then I think you'd have to buy a RHN subscription, but I think you'd find it worthwhile. (Really, and I don't even work for RedHat, or anything!) Regards, Jim _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
