> Maybe you can clue me in on the next problem that I have: having identified > the specific errata I wish to retrieve, how to I get up2date to download > packages/errata from channels that do not match the specific system that I > am running up2date from? Lets say my retrieval system is an RHEL 4 WS X86, > but I need to download packages/errata for RHEL 3 AS X86_64. Using up2date > --channel doesn't seem to work. Check out this bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162210 I have submitted patches to up2date to do what you require. Red Hat does not plan to accept these patches although many folks have downloaded my changes and successfully implemented them. /Brian/ -- Brian Long | | | IT Data Center Systems | .|||. .|||. Cisco Linux Developer | ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:.. Phone: (919) 392-7363 | C i s c o S y s t e m s