The more I read the confuser I get.
Ben Russo
ben at muppethouse.com
Sat Nov 1 02:49:50 UTC 2003
Mike Vanecek wrote:
>On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:02:10 +0100, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote
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>>you have several alternatives :-)
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>>- to stay with RHL 7.2, 7.3 or 9 and:
>>x to get updates from Fedora Legacy
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>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.
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Fedora has APT repositories.
>So, how would one know if updates are available (errata notices)?
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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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