RE: rpms again

Toby,
   Can I include that in a contrib section or something?


On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 12:54, Toby D. Reeves wrote:
> Attached is the script I use to pull updates from updates.redhat.com for our
> site.  I think its quite different from what I've seen anyone post so far.
> 
> I run it in a cron job every night. It does not rebuild the current channels
> automatically. I do that manually after examining the updates first.
> 
> What does it do?
> 
> 1. It takes inventory of what updates you already have mirrored locally.
> 2. Uses wget to update your mirror.
> 3. Takes new inventory.
> 4. If there are any new files, it make a list of them and emails you.
> 
> I'm sure its not bullet proof but works for me.
> 
> Toby
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of jeremy
> johnson
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:35 PM
> To: [email protected]; Rob Hagopian
> Cc: Current Server Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Current-server] rpms again
> 
> 
> Ill be giving 1.3 a shot today with about 200+ clients. Is this release
> multi threaded?  Ive been outa the loop for awhile and still running
> current-1.0.3-1 :)  Anyways what are some good errata mirrors? it appears
> the mirror i used is now extremely slow ALL the time!  Also whats a good way
> to check for errata updates on a daily basis and get only the versions you
> dont already have?  The current method that im using is just downloading the
> whole site at midnight, which works but is not really the best method.  Any
> suggestions would be welcomed.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hunter Matthews" <[email protected]>
> To: "Rob Hagopian" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Current Server Mailing List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 11:32 AM
> Subject: RE: [Current-server] rpms again
> 
> 
> > I have placed the src rpms for the updated clients on the ftp site.
> > These are the ones I'll start rolling out to my own department monday,
> > so they HAVE NOT BEEN tested extensively, but they seem to be right.
> >
> > They should work/install on both redhat 7.2 and redhat 7.3 machines.
> >
> > Naturally, you'll want to install the src rpms, change the config files
> > in each to point to your sites Current server, and rpm -ba them.
> >
> > Please let me know of trouble.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 22:46, Rob Hagopian wrote:
> > > Any chance you could post to the list, email me a copy, or check it into
> > > CVS? We're about to do a big (350 server) install this week...
> > > -Rob
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Hunter Matthews [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 4:01 PM
> > > To: Current Server Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Current-server] rpms again
> > >
> > >
> > > As mentioned earlier, I'm redoing mine with 2.7.86 right this second, so
> > > we'll know in a bit.
> > >
> > >
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