From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200003181955.OAA02857@shell.faradic.net> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 09:55:20 EST From: jingai To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Re: YUP and RPM dependencies Reply-To: jingai@floatingpenguins.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: > > After I heard about the YellowDog Update Program (YUP) from someone on this > > list, I went and downloaded the RPM and installed it. However, it .... > > But, as a side note, I'm ecstatic that this sort of app is finally out.. I > > > Ummm... this is a *developer* mailing list - but where, oh where is > the good old Unix tradition of using the toolbox? Even if you do not > find a fancy tool with GUI and bells and whistles, you always have > the toolbox right at your fingertips. > [...snip...] > In ten minutes you will have a script of about 100 lines which will > do exactly what you want... And as an additional benefit you can go > ecstatic that you have written it yourself, and you probably learned > a few new things, too. I realize this, but I was just wanting a package management tool like the Debian distros ship with *without* having to write scripts such as this. Unfortunately I have a job at which I work far too many hours and just haven't the time. I posted this to the dev list to make other developers aware of the problem with YUP so it can be fixed -- I'd fix it myself, but I 1) don't know Python at all, and 2) haven't the time to learn it. Sorry if the post aggravated you. > Ummm... and BTW: is it really so difficult to check with a search > engine? I quich search at freshmeat for "update new RPM" shows > > rhlupdate > rhlupdate is a small configurable perl script that will connect to > your favorite Red Hat site and update all of the RPMS you have > installed. It also allows you to specify what packages not to > upgrade. > > It's there, you just have to look a bit around... Again, sorry. I didn't think to look because I figured it would have been posted all over the list when such a tool was released -- afterall, I'm sure many RedHat users get pretty tired of manually updating packages. -j ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/