A new release and a new version are the same thing in my own (feeble?) mind. Up2date should update to the most current version of the programs RedHat has available for any of its versions. I simply use "up2date -u" (read the up2date man page; very useful. I also set the up2date configuration to also update the kernel, if there's a kernel update available.
As an alternative, you could try apt-get (or the apt/synaptic combination, if you're using a gui). Hope this helps. Dimitri -----Original Message----- From: Francis Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 15:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: up2date Hi All, I just registered for an account at RedHat so I can run up2date on my Redhat 9.0 machine. I wanted to see what programs I needed to update first before installing so I did a: up2date -l to get the list of updates available. I noticed that my system is not up to date so I downloaded the packages with a: up2date -d However, 'up2date -d' only downloaded httpd-2.0.40-21.5.i386.rpm and its dependencies. (the httpd that I am running now is httpd-2.0.40-21.3) When I checked my rpm database, I noticed that the RedHat Network has newer releases of some of my other programs, but did not get downloaded. For example, the newest package for openssl is openssl-0.9.7a-5.i686, yet my machine is only running openssl-0.9.7a-2. Can anyone tell me whether the up2date only updates new releases of a software or new versions of a software, or both? Thanks, Francis -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
