Announcing AutoRPM 1.1!! AutoRPM is a program that can do any combination of the following: mirror RPMs from an FTP site, keep installed RPMs consistent with an FTP site or local directory, and keep installed RPMs in a cluster or network of systems consis- tent. It is highly flexible... and if it can't do something, email me and I will probably implement that too... ;) I know I just released AutoRPM 1.0 yesterday, but I fixed the Regex matching, added a few small features, but then added a *BIG* new feature (thanks to John Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) called Auto-Ignore. Basically, AutoRPM's Interactive mode will only ask *once* for each remote/local RPM pair. What this means is if you say not to install the 'ppp' update package, for example, you will never be asked again unless there is a new version. The old program would enter the updated 'ppp' package in the Interactive queue every night until you finally installed or updated it. NOTE: The first time you run AutoRPM, you will probably get several entries for your Interactive Install Queue, but once you Install, Upgrade or Remove those entries, you will only get new entries in your Interactive Install Queue when new RPMs are put in the updates directory. *********************** * For Red Hat Linux 5.0 *********************** Get the non-achitecture-specific main program: ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/noarch/autorpm-1.1-1.noarch.rpm Get the Perl library needed: ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/noarch/libnet-1.0502-4.noarch.rpm And make sure you have the 'dialog' program that came with Red Hat Linux 5.0. Oh, and you also need Perl. *********************************** * For Red Hat Linux 4.2 and earlier *********************************** Get whichever RPM you need: ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/i386/autorpm-1.1-1.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/alpha/autorpm-1.1-1.alpha.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/sparc/autorpm-1.1-1.sparc.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/ppc/autorpm-1.1-1.ppc.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/m68k/autorpm-1.1-1.m68k.rpm Get whichever libnet (Perl Module) you need: ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/i386/libnet-1.0502-4.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/alpha/libnet-1.0502-4.alpha.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/sparc/libnet-1.0502-4.sparc.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/ppc/libnet-1.0502-4.ppc.rpm ftp://ftp.kaybee.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/m68k/libnet-1.0502-4.m68k.rpm And make sure you have the 'dialog' program that came with Red Hat Linux 5.0. Oh, and you also need Perl. NOTE: This has *not* been tested on anything but Red Hat Linux 5.0, but I would be happy to help with attempts on other systems. Send all comments and questions to: Kirk Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kirk Bauer -- Georgia Tech -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== Finger for PGP http://www.kaybee.org/~kirk ResNet RTA Computer Engineering GT Sport Parachuting Club! http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/skydive -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
