It looks like you need: rpm -Fvh ftp://ftp.example.com/pub/redhat/updates/etc/etc/*.rpm
Downloads and installs all applicable updates from that directory. Does not install any new packages. That said, I'd spend an hour or upgrading to 8.0. 7.1 is quite long in the tooth Mike On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 12:31, Louis Selvon wrote: > Hi: > > I am downloading rpms one by one from RHN for XFree86 for RH 7.1. I don't know > if I need all these packages. > > If I install something that my server does not really need, will this mess up > anything ? e.g I don't know if my server needs this package > "XFree86-VGA16-3.3.6-38 A generic XFree86 server for VGA16 boards". Will this > create any issues ? > > Please send comments. > > Cheers > > Louis. > > BTW. In all I am downloading 47 rpms for XFree86 from RHN, one at a time as my > dial up cannot handle a few packages in a shot. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Mike MacCana Consultant RHCE, MCSE, MCP+I Cybersource: Providing Quality IT Professional Services for 11 Years Specialists in Unix/Linux, TCP/IP and Web Application Development Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne. Ph : 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
