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Re: [SLE] SuSE pricing and upgrades
- From: Paul Abrahams <abrahams@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:13:34 -0400
- Message-id: <3AF2F14E.7AB7BFEF@xxxxxxx>
Rick Green wrote:
> On Fri, 4 May 2001, Paul Abrahams wrote:
>
> > It would be particularly helpful if there was a "latest-full-names" directory
> > at the SuSE FTP site that would contain the latest version of all packages.
> > It would, in effect, be a snapshot of what at any moment SuSE considers to be
> > the best system they can provide.
>
> Actually, with 7.1, they went to that. Whenever a package is added to
> the 'update' directory, the corresponding package in the distribution
> directory is symlinked to it. So if you point an FTP install at
> /current/, you'll get as up-to-date a system as SuSE can provide!
I'm puzzled, then, as to why nearly all the links in /pub/suse/i386/current are
dated March 16, even though some packages are newer than that.
Paul
> On Fri, 4 May 2001, Paul Abrahams wrote:
>
> > It would be particularly helpful if there was a "latest-full-names" directory
> > at the SuSE FTP site that would contain the latest version of all packages.
> > It would, in effect, be a snapshot of what at any moment SuSE considers to be
> > the best system they can provide.
>
> Actually, with 7.1, they went to that. Whenever a package is added to
> the 'update' directory, the corresponding package in the distribution
> directory is symlinked to it. So if you point an FTP install at
> /current/, you'll get as up-to-date a system as SuSE can provide!
I'm puzzled, then, as to why nearly all the links in /pub/suse/i386/current are
dated March 16, even though some packages are newer than that.
Paul
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