Quoting Andy Zbikowski (andyzb at ltiflex.com): > > As for this automatic get thing you guys get so excited about, I've never > > bothered to look because I'd rather grab the rpms when it's convenient for > > me, and put them in a place where the other 8 computers can get at them. > > I don't see what's so hard about > > ncftp ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/pub/linux/redhat/updates/ > > get * > > Well, the difference is that apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; will upgrade > everything automaticaly, and gets the dependencies right (ummm...except in > unstable ;) If you want to download those packages for mutiple systems, > replace apt-get upgrade with apt-get -d -y upgrade and then use apt-move > tool to create a local, apt-get capible mirror. As a RedHat user, I look enviously at debian apt-* tools. But.... autorpm works pretty well for RedHat, you can look at that tool. -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (612)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (612)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9