Re: [TCLUG:1191] Upgrade worries.

[sos@skypoint.com (Steve Siegfried)]

I found the easy solution... stay at the leading edge (especially with
respect to errata from RedHat).  I've a script I can send to anyone
interested to mirror a directory tree on a remote FTP site on your local
machine.  It only downloads "fresh" stuff and leaves the rest (including any
local files) alone.

Email if you want a copy.

-Steve Siegfried
 Supplying fine Ksh scripts to the trade since last Thursday


Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> actually.. redhat is allready working on that problem.. their new rawhide
> distro is developing software to check a local redhat mirror, poll it for new
> packages, and update stuff for you :)
> 
> On 15-Sep-98 UserCx@aol.com wrote:
> > I donot know if this is a common problem or if I am going
> > about it the wrong way.
> > 
> > Everytime I need to upgrade some package on a machine
> > with RedHat I have to upgrade about 10 more packages. 
> > 
> > The only way I can seem to do it is to download one see what 
> > it needs and keep doing it recursively until I get them all.
> > 
> > I could always see the pre-reqs on-line make a list and
> > download it all but that too is kind of like the above.
> > 
> > Is there anyway this can be done automatically ? I would like
> > to be able to just say upgrade "glib" and every thing that depends
> > on it and it depends on get downloaded and installed.
> > 
> > I upgraded my libc, gtk and glib yesterday and now I cannot
> > get gimp to work :(.  I have no option but to get the update to
> > gimp now, but then I am afraid that I need to get a whole lot
> > of other stuff.  
> > 
> > I guess I could download the source and build it. But then I need
> > to keep doing it each time I upgrade something it depends on and
> > that is something that I am not sure I would be happy doing.
> > 
> > BTW is it possible to get "binary" patches to rpms the same way 
> > we can get patches to source ?  Would it be a good idea ?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > sandipan
> > 
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> Thank You,
>         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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