Updates for a Network Install

Oliver Aaltonen aaltonen at gmail.com
Wed Jun 16 00:04:30 UTC 2004


I believe "-k" only specifies a directory for up2date to look in _for_
updated packages, not to check a specific directory for packages and
download any updates for those packages.

I just downloaded the packages in tarballs from the RHN site.

Thanks,

Oliver

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:52:30 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz
<rpaiz at simpaticus.com> wrote:
> 
> At 13:33 6/15/2004, Ryan Golhar wrote:
> >2.  Use up2date and tell it to look in the directory you copied the CDs
> >into and update the RPMs.  I believe the switches are -d -k <install
> >directory>
> 
> Check the man page for details. Short version: "-l" to list applicable
> updates for this machine, "-u" to apply all updates, "-d" to download only,
> and "-k" for a particular directory.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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