SOrry, you need to update by: urpmi.update sourcename where sourcename is the name of the updates source. On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, bascule wrote: > hi, > if i read you correctly then i think urpmi will do what you want from a > command line and thus is suitable for a cron job, > > if you have used mandrakeupdate and have only added a security updates source > then i think the following: > #urpmi --auto-select > will automatically check for updates in your defined source, however i don't > know if it asks for confirmation before doing the update, if you have defined > a cooker source then such a command is likely to prompt you to upgrade nearly > your whole system and will ask you if you want to install new packages to > satisfy changed dependencies, > i recommend reading the docs for urpmi and seeing if it will do the trick for > you, > to define a new source for urpmi from the command line you need to use > #urpmi.addmedia type --help after this command to see the syntax > > HTH > bascule > > > > On Wednesday 05 September 2001 10:08 pm, you wrote: > > the problem is that not allways i will have the xserver and if i do could i > > run it from crontab?? i guess not. > > > > i could use wget to take it all, but only need tha packages i have > > installed. any other ideas? > > > > thanks. > > > > At 17:30 05/09/01 -0300, you wrote: > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by > > >mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com id PAA03133 > > > > > >Clovis Sena wrote: > > > > hi people, > > > > > > > >88 i am making some crontab script to try automatize some updates. I > > > > > > wish to > > > > > > > check at some intervals if there is some updates for the packages i > > > > have > > > > > >2> installed, so i try > > > > > > > path$>for a in 'rpm -qa' do > > > > path$>echo "Getting package $a...please wait." > > > > path$>wget ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/mandrake/updates/8.0/RPMS/$a > > > > > > > > for initial testing, but found some little problems. > > > > > > > > firist, the rpm -qa output is the complete name of package, eg > > > > vim-0.6-2.3-mdk.etc.rpm and not only the name "vim" as i need. I > > > > also try using the %{NAME} flag but with worse results. > > > > > > > > note: as seen above wget will try the exact file name and never would > > > > find some updates. The idea is to make wget search for some thing like > > > > $a* ( example: vim* ). > > > > > > > > does somebody knows the way i could use rpm to output only the package > > > > > > names?? > > > > > > > tia, > > > > > > > > Clovis. > > > > > >222 > > >8 Update to rpm 4.0!!! > > > Here this is the default behaviour! > > > But I think you'll need to use MandrakeUpdate... > > > =o) > > > > > >-- > > >Leonardo T. de Carvalho > > > Ibiz Tecnologia > > >Frase aleatória: > > >" "Beauty is transitory." > > > "Beauty survives." > > > -- Spock and Kirk, "That Which Survives", stardate > > > unknown " > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Clovis Sena > > Itautec.Com Servicos > > S2uporte Tecnico Software/Hardware > > --------------- > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fone : 0xx81-3421-1126 > > Fax : 0xx81-3421-4988 > > ------------------------------------------------- > > -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu
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