Re: The more I read the confuser I get.

[Ben Russo <ben muppethouse com>]

Mike Vanecek wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:02:10 +0100, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote
>
>  
>
> > you have several alternatives :-)
> >
> > - to stay with RHL 7.2, 7.3 or 9 and:   
> > x to get updates from Fedora Legacy
> >    
>
> What would be the easiest approach to take if one wanted to stay with RH 9 and
> get updates from Fedora Legacy?  With up2date, one does not even need to check
> for updates, the icon changes to red. One click and voila, the update is done.  
>
>  
Fedora has APT repositories.

> So, how would one know if updates are available (errata notices)?
>
>  
You could write a cronjob that runs the appropriate apt-get command to 
check for updates
and then (if available updates are detected) sends you an e-mail.

> Will all packages be supported, i.e., mysql server, vsftpd, and so on?
>
>  
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