On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 11:25:10PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi, > > I have setup Spacewalk systems management software in my LAN segment. Not > sure how do i test spacewalk server and the client machines to talk to > spacewalk server if there are any new patches or updates or errata being > available. Please help me understand the difference between update and > errata.
Update is a new version (release) of package. Errata is a metadata on top of some rpms version (releases), grouping it together, adding some more information. When you apply an errata, on the client new package versions get installed (upgraded). -- Jan Pazdziora Principal Software Engineer, Satellite Engineering, Red Hat _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list