Up2date, RHN, questions
Doug Brott
brott at redh.com
Fri Nov 14 20:46:02 UTC 2003
Kevin Hanser wrote:
>I have a question about retrieving updates for FC1. In previous
>versions of redhat, the rhn-applet-gui would display a nifty icon on the
>taksbar when there were updates for available packages. (also could use
>rhn-applet-tui from the command line to do the same) Now with FC1, my
>rhn-applet-gui always shows a blue checkmark, indicating that there
>aren't any updates to be installed. However, as I've read on the list
>and looked @ the web site, there are a few updates available.
>
>Is there a reason why the icon in the taskbar isn't working? Do I need
>to configure rhn-applet-gui to look someplace else, or does it just not
>work anymore? (If it doesn't work... are there plans to make it work
>again?)
>
>I've not used up2date in the past, but rather I would just manually
>download the packages when I noticed there were updates...
>
>thx
>
>k
>
>
>
See http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109502
and http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108737
Short order is ..
There is (1) a registration issue i.e. you shouldn't have to register and
(2) HTTP redirects fail and since the Fedora "default" download site
issues a redirect, it looks happy even though it isn't.
The folks at RedHat are working diligently on it and should have it
fixed soon.
--
Doug Brott
brott at redh.com <-- I'm Not affiliated with RedHat
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