But to download all the packages first, how can I do that automatically? I guess I can use -d, but the machines are up to date right now. ----- Ryan Golhar Computational Biologist The Informatics Institute at The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ Phone: 973-972-5034 Fax: 973-972-7412 Email: golharam@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 11:12 PM To: golharam@xxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: updates On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:47:55PM -0400, Ryan Golhar wrote: > Is there a way to automatically download updated rpm packages? I'm > about to rebuild a bunch of machines and I have the outdates packages > from the CD. I don't want the systems to redownload all the updated > packages. up2date -k <CD directory> The -k option tells up2date to search that directory first for updates. You'll still contact the RHN servers to get the package list, but if the updated package is found in your pre-specified directory, it will be installed from there. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
