On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 6:53 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 6:20 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > SNIP > > > > 6/ Do your Mandrake Security updates regularly, either by the > > > GUI, or from an automated cron job > > > The command > > > urpmi.update updates && urpmi --update --auto-select > > > will do the updates for you. > > > (That assumes you have defined a urpmi update source called > > > updates) > > > > Oh-oh. Unknown thing. Danger, Will Robinson! (I have defined > > no such thing, and would be unlikely to do so until I figure out > > how to do it.) <lol> > > At the end of the install process you were asked if you want to > install updates. If you said Yes an update source will have been > picked. If 'No' then you need to define a source. > Best way to do that is go here and follow the instructions > http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php > > You can then use the Menu>Configuration>Packaging>Mandrake Update > GUI to do your updates for youi. The GUI allows you to browse the > available updates, read why they were issued, and to refuse them if > you wish. There are a *lot* of updates for 9.1 There are already a > few updates for 9.2 (The online tool does not yet allow you to > select a 9.2 update source, but if you select a 9.1 source and then > edit the line to say 9.2, then it will work) > > > Generally as soon as a security flaw is found in a package in the > main distro, there will be an update out for it within 24 hours. > If you are a MandrakeClub member you get emailed to remind you to > upgrade. > No - you have to sign up for the alerts.
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