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 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
On Wednesday 28 February 2001 07:54, Cory Steers wrote:
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
Cory, Are you aware that you can use YaST1 to "surf" and ftp site? It will show you which package are out of date and allows you to update them. It is not with out it's downsides though. It doesn't AFAIK do dependency checking, and the FTP site can be slightly messy at times. I haven't seen a way in YaST2 to accomplish the same thing, but I haven't looked very hard. They get it right by the end of this year, I'm sure. Steve
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