-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:50:07 -0400, Mitchell K. Smith wrote:
> You can't (shouldn't) do it that way. What way? Ah, quote at the bottom. ;) > Put all your update files into /var/spool/up2date > > This is the way I do the updates manually. Maybe someone else has a better way but > this has worked for me for several years. > Installing updates manually with rpm -Uvh or rpm -Fvh is a completely valid method. It is even mentioned explicitly in Red Hat's bug-fix and security advisories. > 1. determine which kernel rpm you need and get it from the appropriate directory. > i386, i686, etc. > 2. from the /var/spool/up2date directory, run rpm -Fvh kern*.rpm No! Don't install a kernel upgrade with rpm -Fvh. Use rpm -ivh and at a later point uninstall the old kernel. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/DcjW0iMVcrivHFQRAuhMAJ90Letb6IqRba5GgDnnCZiGA6yxeACcDrWB I+POe/A7Yg3lAa80xFsDl4o= =00S8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
