I too would like a better understanding of how this works.  When the bind exploit came out back in January, I was confused and disappointed that YaST didn't update my version of bind.  I had to manually download the rpm from ftp.suse.com and apply it.

Cory

-----Original Message-----
From: hattons@bellatlantic.net [mailto:hattons@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:00 PM
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Subject: Re: [SLE] From where is YaST2/7.1 getting updates?

On Tuesday 27 February 2001 22:22, Michael Hasenstein wrote:
> "Steven T. Hatton" wrote:
> > The answer may be right under my nose, but I'm not seeing it.  If I go to
> > the SuSE FTP site, I see packages which are fresher than what I got with
> > the 7.1 distribution.  If I tell YaST2 to update it finds some stuff, but
> > not nearly as much as I see on the FTP site.  This freshness issue is one
> > good reason to understand where YaST2 is going for these updates.
> > Another good reason is that it's dangerous to allow my computer go out
> > connecting to servers I know nothing about.
>
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/
>
> The patches/ sub-directory has the info files for the online update.

Michael,

Thanks for the answer.  I still find this a bit confusing.  If I browse
through the FTP site you point to above I see many packages with newer
version numbers than the ones I have installed. Nonetheless, these more
recent packages do not show up in the list of package available for update
when using YaST2.  Can you explain this seeming inconsistency?

Thanks,

Steve

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