Re: up2date - package update dependency

Ed Wilts <[email protected]> Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:31:36 -0600
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On 1/26/2007 2:43 AM, Aries Star wrote:
> We have servers which have not been updated with patches for quite some 
> time (since year 2005). The latest package usually have the following 
> dependancy:
> 
> "Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
> relevant to your system have been applied."
> 
> 1. If we apply "up2date --installall", will rhn auto resolve these 
> version dependency issues?

You don't want --installall.  You want -u.  And yes, it will resolve any 
dependencies it needs.

> 2. If we just up2date for only certain latest critical package updates, 
> eg: up2date -u wget, will up2date also update the package with the 
> previous and latest update?

Yes it will.

	.../Ed

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