[WBEL-users] Preparing Security Updates

Raimo Koski rk@raimokoski.com
Wed, 15 Sep 2004 06:43:31 +0300


Milan Kers(la'ger wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:15:24AM +0200, Klaus list wrote:
> 
>>Thats what I did:
>>
>>Deinstall yum-package from whitebox linux (necessary?). Install yum,
>>tao-yum-config RPMS und import the tao PGP key.
>>
>>yum update
>>
>>thats it. Everything looks pretty ok. Can I get trouble with this
>>configuration?
> 
> 
> As they uses the same sources you should have no problem with this.

And *WB.rpm packages will updated when there is more recent *TL.rpm 
available. I see no reason to manually intervene.

> But there are some minor differences you should take care of. For
> example redhat-logos and tao-logos are different so you have to manually
> remove and install.

They contain only graphics files and uglier than Tao is hard to find, so 
keep that redhat-logos. Tao looks dark and gloomy, the worst graphics of 
all the clones.

> Also the kernel has not kernel-unsupported subpackage in Tao.

So the ones from WB will be left hanging, but that is a good thing if 
one wishes to boot old kernels (never upgrade kernel, install new instead).

Summa summarum: Do nothing more.

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