Updating

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 22.07.2005 schrieb Kelly Dunlop um 16:11:

> I've recently installed Fedora Core 4 and am wondering about how to decide
> what needs updating.
> 
> Obviously I'm on the FC list and updating the security fixes but what
> I'd really like is a list of what is the latest version of each package
> so I can easily determine what I need to update.  Is there such a thing ?

yum check-update

> Also I'm confused by the directories at:
> 
> 	http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/
> 
> Is the 1 directory for FC 1 only or could the latest version of a package
> for FC 4 be in there ?

Each Fedora Core release has its own directory there. Updates in 1 only
belong to FC1. Updates in 4 are no updates for any release other than
FC4.

> Other than that it gives me all I need - browser, xterms and some games so I
> guess I'll stay with it for a while.
> 
> TIA
> Kelly

Alexander


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