Re: [ILUG] updating redhat

From: Waider (waider at domain dspsrv.com)
Date: Fri 13 Sep 2002 - 15:33:53 IST


According to John P. Looney:
> I often look with jealousy at the ease new updates can be installed on
> debian.
>
> Does anyone have any good scripts/packages/ideas for updating &
> installing redhat packages ?

Didn't someone ask this question yesterday? I certainly posted a reply on
the topic some time this week. Anyway.

1) Use apt. Debian people will love you.
2) Use the redhat network. first one's free. In fact, you can have multiple
   registered machines as long as you don't mind switching your free entitled
   server from one to the other.
3) Use one of the sixty bazillion scripts doing the rounds (autorpm is the
   canonical one, I believe) which scrape the updates.redhat.com mirrors
   and offer you packages to install. I've got one myself which only offers
   to install upgrades for things you already have, as opposed to yanking
   the entire heap of RPMs into your lap.
4) google or search freshmeat - someone's writing a server that emulates
   the redhat-network one.

and, of course

5) Install debian. You know you want to.

Waider. RedHat kinda guy.

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