up2date behavior

[Daniel Veillard]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:06:37AM -0800, Doug Brott wrote:
> I was initially dismayed that rhn-applet phoned home to check *AND* required you to register to do it.  It didn't quite make sense.  I simply removed it from my installation and did not use it.  After reviewing these messages, I have downloaded the "pre-release" version that Daniel posted.
> 
> This version of rhn-applet works for me.  I created my on yum repositories mirrored from the updates at Redhat and I do not have http redirects on my server.  I am not experiencing the problems that some people are.  I plan on using my local yum repositories to update workstation installation of FC1.  Although the up2date setup is a little different with FC1 than RH9, I'm actually finding it to be less complicated with FC1.
> 
> My suggestion would be to make this version of rhn-applet available in the updates as soon as possible.  Registration confusion will only get worse the more people start using FC1.

  Well, I also need to fix first the HTTP(S) redirection problem and
file:/// yum repository access (Work In Progress), once done, yes it
will be pushed more widely,

Daniel

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