On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 03:43:57PM -0400, Jet Wilda wrote: > I also found spw-clone-errata.py > (https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/browser/scripts/clone-errata/spw-clo > ne-errata.py) and rhn-clone-errata.py > (https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/browser/scripts/clone-errata/rhn-clo > ne-errata.py).
These scripts will copy errata from the Redhat Network if you have sufficient valid Redhat Enterprise Linux subscriptions for your machines. This is the preferred method for RHEL users. > With spacewalk 1.1 what is the best way to populate the > server with errata? I'm looking at this > http://www.bioss.ac.uk/staff/davidn/spacewalk-stuff/ page with the > script centos-errata.py If you are a CentOS user as I am then my centos-errata script will create ersatz errata from postings to the centos-announce mailing list and put them on your spacewalk server. Not perfect, but rather better than no errata at all. > and then I found the script apply_errata > (https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/browser/utils/apply_errata) in the > spacewalk-utils RPM. Any and all help is very much appreciated. These tools are for applying existing errata to your managed systems. They will not help you create errata in the first place. Regards, -- David Nutter Tel: +44 (0)131 650 4888 BioSS, JCMB, King's Buildings, Mayfield Rd, EH9 3JZ. Scotland, UK Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) is formally part of The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI), a registered Scottish charity No. SC006662 _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
