I use both, How can this be you say? I use a script, that I got of this very list. It takes all the Ximian packages that red-carpet manages and puts those in the up2date skip list. so you can use up2date for non desktop packages, and red-carpet for the Ximian packages.
Enjoy! --------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh EXCL=/var/tmp/exclude-list CONF=/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date # Fixed list of packages to exclude from up2date LIST="kernel*;*ximian*;" [ -f $EXCL ] && rm -f $EXCL echo -n "pkgSkipList=$LIST" > $EXCL # Build a list of Ximian packages to exclude as well rpm -qa | grep -- -ximian | sed -e 's/-[0-9].*//' | while read pkg do echo -n "$pkg;" >> $EXCL done echo "" >> $EXCL mv -f $CONF $CONF.old grep -v "^pkgSkipList=" $CONF.old > $CONF chmod 600 $CONF cat $EXCL >> $CONF rm -f $EXCL ------------------------------------------------ On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 07:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > To keep a Redhat system updated, do I better use up2date or the Redhat 7.2-channel >in Red carpet? Do they provide the same functionality, or is one for some reason a >better choice over the other? > Best regards, > Anders Thoresson -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster PittsburghLIVE.com 2002 EPpy Award, Best Online U.S. Newspaper _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list