What does this message mean when running up2date?

[Søren Neigaard]

Just tried "yum update", and yum did not complain, it simply updated 
nfs-utils... Any pros/cons for yum contra up2date?

/Søren

wwp wrote:
> Hello Søren,
> 
> 
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:00:58 +0200 Søren Neigaard <s.neigaard at mobilethink.dk> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ahem... because i know how to use up2date... ;) Can i use yum to update 
>>my system with also? I normally only use yum to install new packges 
>>with. Does yum handel dependencies as well as up2date when updating?
> 
> 
> Yes, I only use yum for upgrades and installs as well.
> 
> BTW maybe nfs-utils was skipped because its config file was modified (by hand
> or from any graphical tool), and would need to be updated from the new
> version but it doesn't know how to manage this. Can you find it and check is
> there's a backup (unmodified, issues from the installation)? Or maybe you can
> force the upgrade and check if the config is still OK?
> 
> My 2 cts.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
>>/Søren
>>
>>akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 11:30:07AM +0200, Søren Neigaard wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>When running up2date (up2date --nox --update) i get this message:
>>>>
>>>>The following Packages were marked to be skipped by your configuration:
>>>>
>>>>Name                                    Version        Rel  Reason
>>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>nfs-utils                               1.0.7          12.FC4Config
>>>>modified
>>>>
>>>>Whats this about? What is nfs-utils?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I haven't used up2date in a long time but it seems to me it has a file
>>>or database that you can change of files whose installation are
>>>skipped. But why are you using up2date rather than yum?
>>
> 
> 

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