difference between yum and up2date

From: Ankush Grover (ankush174_at_gmail.com)
Date: 05/22/05

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    hey friends,

    I have some questions regarding updating of the Fedora Core or any
    other Red hat Product.

    a) What is the difference between yum and up2date? and which one is
    the best tool for updating the system.

    b) If i do "yum update" .Does the yum installs the packages or it just
    download the packages and one has to install the packages/rpms
    manually?
    Where does the yum stores the downloaded rpms/packages?

    c) If I use the up2date for updating my system it download the rpms
    under /var/spool/up2date directory.One has to manually install the
    rpms downloaded by up2date if not specified while downloading "to
    install the packages" and there are some .hdr files also.One should
    delete these .hdr /rpms if the system is updated to the latest updates
    available.

    d) When we click on the updated rpms downloaded in the /var/spool/up2date folder
    sometimes they ask for fedora cd I know it is due to dependency
    problem.Now suppose there is no cd-rom attached to the system.But
    there is a cdrom available through nfs .One should do this or not

    mount -t nfs machine_name:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

    Means mounting the remote cdrom directory onto the local directory.If
    still the system asks for cd while updating the system then which is
    the best way to resolve that conflict.

    Thanks & Regards

    Ankush Grover 

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