[WBEL-users] Another Up2date question

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:08:21 -0600

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William,<br>
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Thanks, ok - NO RHEL updates! Yum, hmm - I figure that this must be
what /etc/yum.conf is for and that I can add the <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="file:///updates">file:///updates</a>
directory as an entry and away we go, great!<br>
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I wasn't subscribed last week, so maybe you already went over this - I
downloaded the updates and then ran the command:<br>
rpm -Fvh $(ls *rpm | egrep -v '^(kernel-)')<br>
to update all except the kernel files...<br>
well, didn't work - dependency issues - when I then used the up2date
program, it figured out that I needed a couple of additional packages
from the base install and did it's magic. Is there a simple way to
perform the update from a command line as opposed to the GUI and still
get the benefit of having the dependencies figured out?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Will<br>
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William Hooper wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Will Senn said:
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    <pre wrap="">Hi all,

I recently became aware of WBEL as a RHEL3 derived distribution. I am
quite impressed. However, I have a couple of questions regarding updates:

1. Is it possible or recommended to apply the RH updates or should I
only use the WBEL updates?
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You only get RH updates via RHN and it is my understanding that using
these updates on non-RHEL machines is a violation of the RHN service
agreement.  Consult a lawyer if you have questions.

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    <pre wrap="">2. Is it possible (documented) how to just dowload the updates and put
them on an nfs share to use as the update location?
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Discussed last week on the list.  You can either use a yum <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="file:///">"file:///"</a>, use
the -k option to up2date, or (if you don't care about the rhn-applet) use
a dir repo.

If it doesn't have to be an nfs share, you can use HTTP or FTP to serve
APT or YUM repos.

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