Problem registering with RHN
William Hooper
whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 13 03:15:24 UTC 2003
hunger said:
> So now if I want to install Red Hat programs, I have to use yum via the
> command line?
Unless you want to use up2date.
>> The up2date version included can use yum
>> and
>> apt repositories.
> I see that up2date is restricted to merely updating programs from yum
> repositories.
>> The up2date version included can use yum
>> and
>> apt repositories.
> But why not:
>
> 1. Make a yum GUI front-end.
Why not use up2date?
> 2. Integrate the yum GUI front-end with the "Red Hat Network Alert
> Notification Tool", allowing the user to both INSTALL AND UPDATE any
> program from the same integrated GUI front-end.
Or make rhn-applet aware of yum and apt repositories (hint: it does yum
now, not sure about apt)
> 3. Allow the user to browse and add/remove different 3rd party yum
> repositories, perhaps based on a master list with which each 3rd party
> yum repository would be responsible registering.
Hey, and we could put it in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources ...
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William Hooper
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