apt-rpm - regular updates wouldn't be a problem if redhat used it

Posted Jan 28, 2003 14:11 UTC (Tue) by utidjian (guest, #444)
In reply to: apt-rpm - regular updates wouldn't be a problem if redhat used it by ahornby
Parent article: Red Hat intros 12 month only support on 'consumer' OSes (Register)

"The main problem with redhat upgrades is that there online tools (e.g. up2date) are pay-for and only support patching, not release upgrades."

This is NOT true. I wish people wouldn't keep saying it. I have several dozen systems running Red Hat, I use up2date, and I haven't paid them a dime to use it. It IS a "free" service. However... if you want faster performance you will have to pay a subscription. I see no problem with that.

I also maintain a local mirror of the updates. I am planning to move my updateing system to Autoupdate. http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/ftp/autoupdate/index.html
so I can save my external bandwidth for regular use.

It is also "free" to do release upgrades. However, one usually does those as all or nothing. While I can install and run many Red Hat 8.0 RPMs on a 7.3 system (and vice versa) I usually don't. One can even do release upgrades over the network... or even the internet. That has been possible with Red Hat since, at least, Red Hat 4.2.

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