* Basil Chupin; on 08 Aug, 2002 wrote:

Art Fore wrote:

to be beyond my limited capabilities because I cannot get the updates to work! :-) I tried running them 'everyway but loose' but all I get is an error message, "No SuSE=-patch-CD or SuSE path found".

I copy all the files/folders for /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/<various> [without and without /patches] then run YOU as either auto or manual with the HD path set to the /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/

First use a different directory as /var/lib/Yast will be used by YaST2 ie the eay I do it is via rsync every night I am updating /usr/local/update/i386/update/8.0 directory. When using YaST2 online Update module select expert and then choose harddisk and enter the path as follows /usr/local/update ( YaST2 will find the remaining parts depending on your SuSE version) and then you will be able to apply the pathces via harddisk. If you want to make a Patch CD the important point is use of "graft-points" option of mkisofs for example -graft-points i386/update/8.0=/usr/local/update/i386/update/8.0 This way you can use the CD as a patch CD and YaST2 will happly accept it. HTH -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx

Togan Muftuoglu wrote:

* Basil Chupin; on 08 Aug, 2002 wrote:

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Art Fore wrote:

to be beyond my limited capabilities because I cannot get the updates to work! :-) I tried running them 'everyway but loose' but all I get is an error message, "No SuSE=-patch-CD or SuSE path found".

I copy all the files/folders for /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/<various> [without and without /patches] then run YOU as either auto or manual with the HD path set to the /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/

First use a different directory as /var/lib/Yast will be used by YaST2 ie the eay I do it is via rsync every night I am updating /usr/local/update/i386/update/8.0 directory.

When using YaST2 online Update module select expert and then choose harddisk and enter the path as follows

/usr/local/update ( YaST2 will find the remaining parts depending on your SuSE version) and then you will be able to apply the pathces via harddisk. If you want to make a Patch CD the important point is use of "graft-points" option of mkisofs for example -graft-points i386/update/8.0=/usr/local/update/i386/update/8.0

This way you can use the CD as a patch CD and YaST2 will happly accept it.

HTH

Oh dear, but I am definitely doing something wrong because I have tried all the suggestions made so far by all - except for the option of creating a mirror of the ftp source - and am getting nowhere very fast :-(. When I try what you suggest above I end up with an error message of "No SuSE=pathc-CD or SuSE path found" and then, when I actually gave the fulll path to the patches, I got Cannot download patch descriptons (or words to this effect). This led me to thinking that on the patched system there is a folder called "patches" which contains the name of available patches and at the end of each name thre is a description which states "new" or "installed" and that if I removed the "installed" at the end of the name then the YOU would work correctly. So I renamed all the files (patches). I then ran YOU and what I now got was the error messages (for each patch), "Could not copy patch-information". After trying a number of variations around this scenario, and having got nowhere, I was forced to give up because - once again! - the YOU application disappeared from the system. After some 6 unsuccessful attempts at running YOU in AUTOMATIC/HD/path-to-patches, YOU disappears off the screen and one cannot re-activate it again :-(. YOU is gone :-(. The only way I know of bringing it back is to re-install SuSE. The other suggestin I tried was the one about placing all the patches into the one directory and running rpm -Fvh *.rpm in the directory. Well, all I got was screens and screens of error messages. I then decided to see what would happen of I applied this in each of sub-directories holding the patches- this worked for all but the patches in sub-directories kde7, kde8, xwm1, and yast1. So, this approach doesn't work for me :-(. At this point in time my mind is boggling. I'll take a 10-minute break - and see if someone can come up with that small detail that I am missing in order for this to work for me. To be honest, I am surprised that SuSE haven't written into the SDB the method(s) of updating a system using existing patches rathen than having people download them again (and tying up their server). Cheers.

On Thursday 08 August 2002 14:52, Basil Chupin wrote:

I admit I am no rocket scientist but following these instructions seems to be beyond my limited capabilities because I cannot get the updates to work! :-) I tried running them 'everyway but loose' but all I get is an error message, "No SuSE=-patch-CD or SuSE path found".

I copy all the files/folders for /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/<various> [without and without /patches] then run YOU as either auto or manual with the HD path set to the /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/

Where am I going wrong?

Don't change your source of installation. Keep it pointed at ftp.gwdg.de or wherever is good for you. Go for automatic or manual as you prefer. All that copying the files over does is to save you from having to download them all over again. Yast2 will see that you already have the files that match the versions on the servers, so will only download newer files. Jon