> All that it needs to do is run MandrakeUpdate, or if the user just wants > to see what has happened, diff the current descriptions file (or some > other convenient file maintained by urpmi) against the one on the > server, and show what has been added.
Why run MandrakeUpdate ? It requires root privileges and this applet will be run by any user ... > > But how could this applet know if the user has access to Internet ? > > Should it care about that ? > > It should not care about anything but whether the file > (description/list/synthesis.hdlist etc etc) for the source configured in > urpmi as an update source has been updated. It just has to compare the last modified time of the hdlist or synthesis in /var/lib/urpmi/ and in the mirrors. It's very quick to check the attributes of this files on ftp mirrors. How can we do with http mirrors ? Use lynx -dump ? > This will change it's > colour. The user should then click on it, it should get the updated > decriptions file, and show what has changed, with a button "Run updates > now" which launches MandrakeUpdate after the user enters the root password. > > Remember that most of the time it should be running as a normal user, > and thus should not run 'urpmi.update' or anything else that requires > elevated priveleges. I agree :) -- Olivier Blin
