Update Question

[hutuworm]

shrek-m,

    up2date -u -f make things done in a simple way, that automaticly
updates all rpms including kernel rpms, rather than rpm -Uhv *.rpm blah blah...


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>hutuworm wrote:
>
>>up2date -u -f is better.
>>  
>>
>
>why ?
>
>-f = --force, use this only if there is really no other possibility
>
>
>$ man up2date
># up2date-nox -u
>
>$ man yum
># yum update
>
>>>Is this a legal command in Linux to upgrade your box
>>>rpm -Uvh *.rpm 
>>>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/
>>>    
>>>
>
>while tesing i prefer yum, up2date-nox, up2date
>
>for rhl/fedora i use
>$ wget -cr ftp://bla.bla
># rpm -Fvh /path/to/rpms_and_for_kernel.arch_glibc.arch
>
>
>afaik
>'up2date' and 'yum' can handle $ARCH proper,
>with 'rpm' you could run in trouble (search in bugzilla)
>
>
>eg.
>$ rpm -qa --qf "%{arch} %{name}\n" kernel* glibc*
>i386 kernel-utils
>athlon kernel
>i386 glibc-common
>athlon kernel
>i386 kernel-pcmcia-cs
>i386 kernel-source
>i386 glibc-kernheaders
>i386 glibc-devel
>i686 glibc
>i386 glibc-headers
>
>
>rpm can handle ftp:// better than http://
>
>eg.
>i had less problems with
># rpm -Fvh ftp://bla.bla/*.rpm
>
>
>
>-- 
>shrek-m
>
>
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