Pierre De Boeck said: > Ok thanks a lot. > > But still a few questions about update in general because I am a > little confused. > > I know at least rpm, yum and up2date for updating packages and now > there is yet another one:up2date-nox. [whooper@butters whooper]$ ll /usr/sbin/up2date-nox lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 24 17:51 /usr/sbin/up2date-nox -> up2date up2date-nox is just a shortcut to typing "up2date --nox". > rpm I think is used only if you have already downloaded the rpm files > and yum and up2date perform the download and optionally the updates > (using rpm I suppose). Am I right up to this point? Yes up2date and yum use rpm to install the updates (more accurately rpmlib I believe, not the rpm program itself). > Now my questions: > > - can I mix updates with yum and up2date. And are the rpms updated > by yum visible with rpm -q? They are installed via rpm, so yes. > - why to use up2date-nox io up2date? Because it runs it in text mode instead of bringing up a GUI. It is hard to copy and paste output from a GUI. > - are the default options in the up2date config file ok for doing a > complete update, including kernel? I have a fresh FC1 2.4.22-1.2115 > and I want the latest updates (2174) with kernel-source. That is what up2date is for. The exception being using a mirror instead of the main server so that your update goes smoother. -- William Hooper
