On February 20, 2004 09:05 am, Bob Gorman wrote: > As a connoisseur of RPMs I sometimes like to savor them when lightly aged. > As such I maintain a collection of RPMs to have them readily available > should the need arise to sample yesterdays delicacy. However, I must admit > that sometimes RPMs slip away before I have a chance to archive them. For > example, let's look at quagga under RHEL3. > > The original ISO contains this version: > quagga-0.96.2-4.3E.i386.rpm. > > The current available version is this: > quagga-0.96.2-10.3E.i386.rpm > > But, there is an intermediate version: > quagga-0.96.2-8.3E.i386.rpm > > If I check up2date, the Channels under the RHN web site, and the Update 1 > ISO all I am able to find is the current version. How does one go about > acquiring the missing RPM? > > I have since discovered that one can tediously maneuver the RHN web site > and find the lost RPMs via the RPM Search. However, this interface is > slow, cumbersome, requires laborious manual effort, and is prone to human > error. Our precious RPMs are being lost in the oblivion of an end user > support interface. > > I desperately wish for a way to download RPMs in an automated fashion. If > only there was simple, straight forward way to obtain RPMs our support > engineers would flourish in the buoyancy of a well stocked RPM archive. > > There are secure methods that could be employed to meet this goal. Here is > a simple example which will meet the business requirements of all parties > involved: > > wget > https://user:password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/download/rhn/private/rhel3-rh >db/i386/RPMS/*.rpm > > Alas, it does not work. RedHat has specifically designed the RHN web site > to thwart such amenable solutions. I must resort to desperate acts of > public pleading. > > Please help - functionality is being lost - business requirements are not > being met - support obligations are going unfulfilled - I fear the worst! > What is a RPM enthusiast to do? have you looked at "up2date -d" and /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources ? -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
