how do I update a redhat 9.0 system

[Mike Vanecek]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:22:05 -0400, Ralph Blach wrote
> My son has an older redhat 9.0 system that he would like to update 
> to the latest rpms
> 
> how would he use yum to do this. Could he use up2date and point it 
> at the correct servers?


You may also wish to check out http://transition.progeny.com/ for updates that
occurred after the RH 9 EOL. Updates before the EOL are still available at RH.

These are the updates I have installed since EOL:

[root at www i386]# rpm -qa | egrep -i "legacy|progeny"
cvs-1.11.2-23.legacy
sharutils-4.2.1-14.progeny.2
kernel-source-2.4.20-31.9.progeny.5
openssh-askpass-gnome-3.5p1-11.progeny.2
losetup-2.11y-9.progeny.1
httpd-devel-2.0.40-21.11.progeny.3
php-mysql-4.2.2-17.2.progeny.3
tripwire-2.3.1-17.progeny.1
ethereal-0.10.3-0.90.1.progeny.2
httpd-2.0.40-21.11.progeny.3
php-manual-4.2.2-17.2.progeny.3
libpng10-devel-1.0.13-11.progeny.3
kernel-doc-2.4.20-31.9.progeny.5
openssh-3.5p1-11.progeny.2
openssh-server-3.5p1-11.progeny.2
krb5-devel-1.2.7-14.progeny.2
util-linux-2.11y-9.progeny.1
sysklogd-1.4.1-14.legacy.9
sox-12.17.3-11.progeny.2
mod_ssl-2.0.40-21.11.progeny.3
php-4.2.2-17.2.progeny.3
libpng10-1.0.13-11.progeny.3
kernel-2.4.20-31.9.progeny.5
openssh-clients-3.5p1-11.progeny.2
yum-2.0.5-2.9.legacy
krb5-libs-1.2.7-14.progeny.2
mount-2.11y-9.progeny.1
httpd-manual-2.0.40-21.11.progeny.3
php-odbc-4.2.2-17.2.progeny.3
libpng-1.2.2-20.progeny.3
passwd-0.68-3.progeny.1
ethereal-gnome-0.10.3-0.90.1.progeny.2
libpng-devel-1.2.2-20.progeny.3
openssh-askpass-3.5p1-11.progeny.2

I had toyed with FC 2, but my RH 9 is running so good, why fix something not
broken.