Re: redhat up2date

From: Michael W. Cocke (cocke_at_catherders.com)
Date: 08/11/03

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    On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 16:00:50 GMT, Nico Kadel-Garcia
    <nkadel@verizon.net> wrote:

    >Michael W. Cocke wrote:
    >
    >> On 8 Aug 2003 16:03:01 -0700, jabailo@earthlink.net (john bailo)
    >> wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Is there a way to automate the redhat 'up2date' process to just accept
    >>>and install all updates automatically?
    >>
    >>
    >> up2date -uf
    >>
    >> HOWEVER - Don't do it. Look into apt-get (google should get you
    >> there, I don't have a pointer handy). Pay special attention to
    >> 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. I wish someone had told me about it before I
    >> paid for the redhat subscription.
    >
    >The 4 or so various apt-get wannabe packages written to fake apt-get
    >behavior under RedHat have never worked for me. Usually they don't even
    >*compile*, because the authors had made their systems extremely
    >non-standard with odd libraries and components before even writing the
    >tarballs or RPM's for it, and didn't note the dependencies.
    >
    >Like the modem tool of the week which newbies invariably pump out while
    >learning to program, none of them have been worth using yet. If someone
    >knows one that actually works with a vanilla RedHat 8.0 or 9 system, I'd
    >*love* to hear about it.

    The one that I use (which worked perfectly right out of the box) can
    be found here -

    http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/9/apt/

    Don't need to compile - just download the appropriate binary for your
    OS and go.

    Mike-

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