Err Ed how is downloading 4 iso images on a regular basis for people with slow connections going to help them out? rsync running on cron will download all the updates available in the middle of the night that you have not already got. And replacing the old packages with the new ones in an iso image is not that difficult after that first batch of patches.
Ism As Ed stated most of the Redhat patches are to close security holes and fix known bugs. The only ones you really need to install are the ones that can be abused for security but if you are not using say wu-ftp then you really don't need to patch it as no matter how many holes it has you can not be effected by them if you are not using the offending package. If you plan on installing lots of linux machines or maybe just install the same machine several times I would recommend that you creating a custom distibution which contains all the errata to date. It makes the install much faster. Check through the forums for custom distro and genhdlist if you are interested. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: confuse with errata to rpm nicely On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:12:40PM +0100, Ismael Touama wrote: > I am really disturbing with my linux learning, I read all the day severals > doc to understand in order to do the things kind properly. > According to the vulnerability in Netfilter, I say to me cool my first > update > (or upgrade - don't know-) with rpm command line. But I read in /errata > (CAN-2002-0060) > that I needed to be up to date with these rpm to apply this one. What the > hell !! > PS:this what disturbed me > "...Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata > relevant to your system have been applied..." All the Red Hat errata say that. Sometimes they mean it and sometimes they don't. What you have to realize is that almost all of errata fix security or major bugs, so you really should apply them and keep yourself up to date. Rarely do errata offer new features or upgrades to specific packages - that's why, for example, Red Hat patched php3 for Red Hat Linux 6.2 rather than go straight to php4. You get much better compatibility this way. So, the bottom line is that you try to patch just netfilter and see if you get any dependency failures, and if not, you're done. If you do get a dependency failure, then apply the dependencies as Red Hat suggested. You should, however, at your earliest convenience, apply all the errata. This is no different than any other major computer OS vendor. What Red Hat really needs to produce is 7.2-1 which has all the errata in it up to a certain date and let people download the iso and do upgrades that way. Especially for new installations in areas with poor network connectivity, this would save many hours or even days of work. You know, almost like service pak 1... -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
