On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:39:54 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
> I want to know that MY system has updates needed to apply, not there has
> been updates announced. This is what we have tools like YUM for.
It could be you're also facing some of the issues discussed in the
following thread:
http://lists.
On 01/05/2012 08:36 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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> Interesting. I will have to think about it.
-=-
also, note that there is a condition flag that can be tested so you
can have notice it there are updates.
i do not have any updates pending so i can not see what notice shows.
> To see this on
On 01/05/2012 07:29 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 01/05/2012 04:21 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
Am I the only one who runs a yum update before I have breakfast every
morning?
No, although I use yumex.
Yumex is rather slow it seems compared to just yum update.
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On 01/05/2012 07:21 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Where is it with f16/G3?
I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen saying
something about updates available.
But if that all there is, who watches there screen all the ti
On 01/05/2012 04:21 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
Am I the only one who runs a yum update before I have breakfast every morning?
No, although I use yumex.
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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Where is it with f16/G3?
>
> I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen saying
> something about updates available.
>
> But if that all there is, who watches there screen all the time
Am I the only one who runs
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 01/05/2012 02:32 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
>>
>> Why? You're*checking* for updates, not actually installing them, so
>>
>> you shouldn't (and don't, yum will handle it just fine) need root
>> permissions.
>
>
> I've had yum complain when I
On 01/05/2012 02:32 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
Why? You're*checking* for updates, not actually installing them, so
you shouldn't (and don't, yum will handle it just fine) need root
permissions.
I've had yum complain when I've asked it to list something unless I do
it as root. Interesting
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 01/05/2012 11:50 AM, g wrote:
>>
>> you can use cron to run a script that redirects output;
>>
>> yum check-update> ~/robert/Desktop/newupdates
>>
>> and have everything pop does not give you.
>>
>> yes/no/maybe?
>
>
>
> Two things: first, AI
On 01/05/2012 02:50 PM, g wrote:
On 01/05/2012 07:39 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
<>
I want to know that MY system has updates needed to apply, not there has
been updates announced. This is what we have tools like YUM for.
-=-
then use yum to do your own update check;
yum check-update
se
On 01/05/2012 11:50 AM, g wrote:
you can use cron to run a script that redirects output;
yum check-update> ~/robert/Desktop/newupdates
and have everything pop does not give you.
yes/no/maybe?
Two things: first, AIUI, cron jobs run with the same permissions that
the user who owns the jo
On 01/05/2012 07:39 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
<>
> I want to know that MY system has updates needed to apply, not there has
> been updates announced. This is what we have tools like YUM for.
-=-
then use yum to do your own update check;
yum check-update
see "man yum".
you can use cron to
On 01/05/2012 11:01 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
But for those that switch off at night\day as the case may be.
It's perfect and doesn't care which Desktop you run.
I never said that it wasn't, just that it's not appropriate for
everybody. And, AFAICT, yumex doesn't care what DE you use either.
-
On 01/05/2012 02:16 PM, g wrote:
On 01/05/2012 02:15 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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If there are updates, I want to know about it. If they are important
bug fixes or critical security fixes I want to know that too.
-=-
if you want to know about updates, and not by a short time pop-up,
i woul
On 01/05/2012 02:01 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
On 05/01/12 18:46, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 01/05/2012 06:18 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
Considering that I generally reboot only for kernel updates and
otherwise let my box run 24/7 the way it was designed to, your
suggestion really wouldn't work for me, or
On 01/05/2012 01:46 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 01/05/2012 06:18 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
You can always use something like:
yum-updateonboot
with config set to security.
So everytime, you boot\reboot
security updates are installed.
works best with network.service
[joe@khorlia Desktop]$ uptime
10:4
On 01/05/2012 02:15 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
<>
> If there are updates, I want to know about it. If they are important
> bug fixes or critical security fixes I want to know that too.
-=-
if you want to know about updates, and not by a short time pop-up,
i would suggest you opt for a long tim
On 05/01/12 18:46, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 01/05/2012 06:18 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
Considering that I generally reboot only for kernel updates and
otherwise let my box run 24/7 the way it was designed to, your
suggestion really wouldn't work for me, or others like me.
But for those that switch o
On 01/05/2012 06:18 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
You can always use something like:
yum-updateonboot
with config set to security.
So everytime, you boot\reboot
security updates are installed.
works best with network.service
[joe@khorlia Desktop]$ uptime
10:43:45 up 5 days, 23:24, 2 users, load av
No dice for updates...
On 01/05/2012 09:58 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 09:15 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 01/05/2012 09:01 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
Where is it with f16/G3?
What is "G3"?
I once saw that p
On 01/05/2012 09:58 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 09:15 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 01/05/2012 09:01 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
Where is it with f16/G3?
What is "G3"?
I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at
On 01/05/2012 09:30 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:02:28 +0800, EG (Ed) wrote:
On 01/05/2012 10:01 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
Where is it with f16/G3?
What is "G3"?
GNOME 3
Ouch. :) It's not so cool IMO to inve
On 01/05/2012 09:18 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
On 05/01/12 14:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
If there are updates, I want to know about it. If they are important bug
fixes or critical security fixes I want to know that too.
You can always use something like:
yum-updateonboot
with config set to secu
On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 09:15 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 01/05/2012 09:01 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
> >
> >> Where is it with f16/G3?
> > What is "G3"?
> >
> >> I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen
>
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:02:28 +0800, EG (Ed) wrote:
> On 01/05/2012 10:01 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
> >
> >> Where is it with f16/G3?
> > What is "G3"?
>
> GNOME 3
Ouch. :) It's not so cool IMO to invent abbreviations like that
without
On 05/01/12 14:21, Ed Greshko wrote:
You can always use something like:
yum-updateonboot
with config set to security.
So everytime, you boot\reboot
security updates are installed.
works best with network.service
I don't use GNOME But, how does that suggestion help folks that
don't reboo
On 01/05/2012 10:18 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On 05/01/12 14:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>> If there are updates, I want to know about it. If they are important bug
>> fixes or critical security fixes I want to know that too.
>
> You can always use something like:
> yum-updateonboot
> with confi
On 05/01/12 14:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
If there are updates, I want to know about it. If they are important bug
fixes or critical security fixes I want to know that too.
You can always use something like:
yum-updateonboot
with config set to security.
So everytime, you boot\reboot
security
On 01/05/2012 09:01 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
Where is it with f16/G3?
What is "G3"?
I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen
saying something about updates available.
But if that all there is, who watches th
On 01/05/2012 10:01 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
>
>> Where is it with f16/G3?
> What is "G3"?
GNOME 3
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
> Where is it with f16/G3?
What is "G3"?
> I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen
> saying something about updates available.
>
> But if that all there is, who watches there screen all the time
What exactl
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 08:30:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Where is it with f16/G3?
>
> I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen
> saying something about updates available.
>
> But if that all there is, who watches there screen all the time
Granted, the pop
Where is it with f16/G3?
I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen
saying something about updates available.
But if that all there is, who watches there screen all the time
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