Hi,
Here is what I sent to Jana Jaeger and SuSE Feedback in response to the SuSE
Linux Update FAQ at
http://portal.suse.de/en/content.php?3occccccccccccccccccccmccccccccccocccccccococcccccccccccccccc&content/desktop/updatefaq.html
Best regards
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Subject: Re: SuSE Linux Update FAQ: missing updates in YOU?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 12:43:51 +1000
From: Paul C. Leopardi
To: jjaeger@suse.de, feedback@suse.de
Jana,
Thank you for your FAQ. I use SuSE Linux 7.1 and have been using SuSE Linux
for over a year now.
I have another couple of questions, to add to your FAQ:
When I use YOU in YaST2, it seems to only display a small subset of the
updates which are currently available. An example is apache, below.
1. How is this subset selected?
2. Is there any way in YaST2 to install the other update RPM packages from
the SuSE FTP site? Or do I have to use YAST (1) instead?
3. Is the fact that updates are missing from YOU a bug and should I report it
to feedback@suse.de? As you can see above, I have also sent a copy of these
questions to feedback@suse.de.
4. The manuals in SuSE - Help do not contain a description of YaST Online
Update. Is this something that will be fixed for SuSE Linux 7.2?
5. (5.1) A wishlist item for YaST2 is the ability to use the FTP site as the
installation source. The "network" choice in "Change Source of Installation"
apparently needs a mountable file system, rather than FTP. The help panel on
the left implies that NFS is used.
(5.2) The help should state explicity that NFS and not FTP is used. Should
this be fixed?
Thanks
EXAMPLE
Apache 1.3.19 security fix (21 Mar 2001) at
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/n2/apache.rpm
appears on http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/updates/71_i386.html
but does not appear in YOU in YaST2, even though I have version 1.3.17-0
installed.
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