RPM

[William Hooper]

Bevan C. Bennett said:
> Mike Westkamper wrote:
>> I have had such a problem getting up2date to work I've downloaded the
>> update
>> directory from a mirror onto my local machine. What rpm options do I use
>> to
>> upgrade the packages? Better ask before I screw something up.
>
> I've been using yum for this, with good success.
> 1) edit the relevant bit of /etc/yum.conf to something like:
> (This assumes you put the RPMs in /home/fedora/1/updates)

Up2date also supports updating from a directory (look at the comments in
the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file).

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William Hooper