[olug] Linux updates

[William E. Kempf]

Tim V - DZ  said:
> Just wondering if anyone has a general consensus about handling updates
> on <insert favorite linux distro here>
>
> up2date and the like are nice and all, but up2date in particular (I
> believe) needs to be run as root, and requires a subscription to the rhn
> website.
>
> I just stumbled across http://www.kleemann.org/rpm-update/ and was
> curious how everyone else handles their updates.

urpmi.update -a
urpmi --auto-select --update

and

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

(Note that the former is done on Mandrake and the latter on RedHat, using
apt-rpm.)

-- 
William E. Kempf