Re: Yum updates, cyber goats or Ximian?

[seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>]

> There I was thinking "Linux is easy," basking in the free lunch of 
> Redhat's up2date service. One click and I got all my "rpms" 
> without knowing what rpm stood for. 
> 
> Then along came "EOL" (death in other words?) and, even with 
> everyone's kind advice, I feel as if I am in this (recommended)
> http://www.heinemann.es/MEDIA/switchlinux3.swf
> 
> My Redhat 9 server still runs but, cyber goats!
> The prospect of updating it seems so complicated. 
> 
> I have a Redhat refugee aquaitance that recommends 
> http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/update.html
> or even
> http://www.suse.com/
> Anything wrong with going down that path? Is it apt?
> 
> Yum yum?

To be honest, the gpg key process in rhl 7.3 (and in general rpm 4.0.4)
pretty much sucked.

I think you'll find some of it vastly improved for rhl9.

-sv