FW: Red Hat Network Update

[Charlie A. <cas...@sh...>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Ashmore [mailto:cas...@sh...]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:41 AM
To: Jamie Cameron
Subject: RE: Red Hat Network Update


The command must have been changed to up2date -u (there are other flags
like -d, download but don't install; --configure, to configure your update
agent, etc). I have looked in Red Hat's documentation for Red Hat Network
and no where do I find the command rhn_check referred to.

The output of the up2date -u command is:

	Retrieving list of all available packages...
	###########################

	Removing installed packages from list of updates...
	###########################

	Removing packaged marked to skip from list...
	###########################

	Getting headers for available packages...
	###########################

	Removing packages with files marked to skip from list...
	###########################

	Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
	###########################
	Retrieving selected packages...
	package
	package
	etc.
	Preparing...
	install package
	install package
	etc.

Thanks for the response,
Charlie Ashmore

-----Original Message-----
From: jca...@fu... [mailto:jca...@fu...]On Behalf Of Jamie
Cameron
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:06 PM
To: Charlie Ashmore
Cc: Webmin mailing list
Subject: Re: Red Hat Network Update


Charlie Ashmore wrote:
>
> In the Software Packages module (webmin 0.95), the bottom form, Red Hat
> Network Options, does not work for me on a Red Hat 7.2 system.
>
> The message I get when trying to run the update is:
>
> Checking for updated packages from the Redhat Network with the command
> rhn_check ..
> .. no packages updated.
>
> Now this command has repeatedly produced these results when I know there
are
> packages to be updated. In fact, I can go to the command line and perform
> the update fine.
>
> The command to use at the command line is up2date -u and not rhn_check
like
> Webmin uses.
>
> I can't change the command Webmin uses without digging into the code, it
> appears.
>
> What's with that rhn_check command?
>
> By the way, Webmin is a great product. I am promoting its use and teaching
a
> course in Linux system administration using Webmin. Keep up the good work,
> everybody!

Maybe redhat has stopped using the rhn_check command in new releases..
When I developed the code, rhn_check would connect to redhat's servers and
download any packages that need updating... but maybe that is no longer
the case.

If you run  up2date -u  on your system, what is the exact output that it
produces?

 - Jamie