RPMs

RPMs

[Anna G. Zapata]

I need more information on RPMs.  I know there are many security updates
every week.  However, I am running out of disk space on my linux box and
can't get all those RPM updates on there.  Do I need all of them?  How do I
know what I need and what I don't?

Thanks!

Anna G. Zapata - GSEC, MCIS
University of Denver
University Technology Services - Network Security
(303) 871-2009 (phone)
(303) 871-4135 (fax)
azapata@du.edu (email)


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Re: RPMs

[Ray Olszewski]

At 09:10 AM 6/16/2003 -0600, Anna G. Zapata wrote:
>I need more information on RPMs.  I know there are many security updates
>every week.  However, I am running out of disk space on my linux box and
>can't get all those RPM updates on there.  Do I need all of them?  How do I
>know what I need and what I don't?

The RPM package format is used by many distributions, and security update 
policies are distro specific. The only good general answer is to subscribe 
to the security list for your distro, and do what it says. Of course, some 
RPM updates are bugfixes that are not security related, and you might care 
about getting them too.



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Re: RPMs

[Stephen Samuel]

It's not clear from your email whether or not you know this, but -- once
you install an RPM, you do NOT need to keep the .rpm file arond any more.
other than .newrpm and .oldrpm configfile backups, RPM updates should not
occupy that much space on your system.

Also: you only need to install updates for RPMs that you already have
installed.  If you don't have xyz-1.0.rpm, then there's no reason to
install the xyz-1.2.rpm security update for it.

I have some scripts to help automate that process for you if you'd like.


Anna G. Zapata wrote:
> I need more information on RPMs.  I know there are many security updates
> every week.  However, I am running out of disk space on my linux box and
> can't get all those RPM updates on there.  Do I need all of them?  How do I
> know what I need and what I don't?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Anna G. Zapata - GSEC, MCIS
> University of Denver
> University Technology Services - Network Security
> (303) 871-2009 (phone)
> (303) 871-4135 (fax)
> azapata@du.edu (email)


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