up2date is still a nightmare

William Hooper whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 11 14:32:30 UTC 2004


Timothy Murphy said:
> William Hooper wrote:
> 
> 
>> 3) Use yum, since you seem to prefer it.  That doesn't mean up2date
>> should be removed.
> 
> I asked before, but I don't think I got an answer:
> What advantage(s) does up2date have over yum ?

Off the top of my head:

It supports RHN and apt repos.

It comes configured by default to grab a list of mirrors and pick one instead of hammering the main mirror.

It comes configured by default to check GPG keys of updates.

-- 
William Hooper





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