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.
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William Hooper
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