Re: update rh from mirror with rpm -F ftp://

From: Nils O. Selåsdal (noselasd_at_frisurf.no)
Date: 10/31/03


Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:00:49 GMT

In article <sIuob.116928$_Y5.5341283@phobos.telenet-ops.be>, St1 wrote:
> Dear,
>
> I have a redhat server, and i cannot use up2date, i wan't to download only
> the packages that i need to update, and i read the man rpm and when i try
> following command:
>
> rpm -F
> ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror2/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/*
>
> its not working, when i use the debug option i got the message:
>
>
> D: logging into ftp.belnet.be as ftp, pw (username)
> D: found 0 source and 0 binary packages
>
> does anybody has any idea ? thanks!
Not really, but rpm would anyway have to download _ALL_ the rpms in
that dir, if what you want should work. rpm needs to see inside
the rpm package for what its real name/version/dependencies/etc./etc.
is.

Go to www.freshrpms.net, grap apt for RH7.2 run apt-get update &&
apt-get upgrade
Much easier.



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