On Wednesday 23 July 2003 06:34, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 10:39:18PM -0500, Price Technology wrote: > > I'm downloading the latest errata from my friendly neighborhood mirror > > and will copy it to /var/spool/up2date once I get it all here. I know > > up2date will gladly digest it when done that way, but what if up2date > > won't run due to server load ?? > > You can always apply the update manually using rpm -Fvh. Just be *very* > careful if you're doing the glibc updates since the architecture *must* > match what you have currently installed. > > > If I install the update manually, will up2date recognize that they've > > been installed without "going through the motions" ?? > > If you install manually, just schedule an up2date -p sometime later on > to update your profile. I usually put this in to cron to do regularly > in case I've removed or added a package outside of up2date. > That's what the book says. I just read that part last night at work. There's also a feature on the RHN website where you schedule an update to the package list. Thanks for the reply, and my appologies for jumping the gun. (I hollered "calf rope" too soon) Joebewan -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
