Re: [SLE] "Reusing" RPM patches

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

Thank you for this information. I shall try it out later on today after I have re-installed SuSE on the testbed (after my earlier attempts to install the patches YOU suddenly won't even boot-up so I guess the executable got corrupted in the process. Life wan't meant to be easy. Cheers.