[lug] patching Redhat

Wed Oct 6 11:37:57 MDT 1999

The redhat-watch list will send out only security-related notices.

Personally, I've been using autorpm to watch their site, automatically
download new updates and notify me.  Of course, that means that I then
have to check the errata to see if the updates are security-related or
not and decide whether or not I want to apply them :-).  I like it,
though, because then the updates are all downloaded at night when I'm
not using the line and ready to hand when I want to apply them.

My understanding is that similar capabilities will now be built into
6.1, though I haven't upgraded yet, so I have no personal experience
with it.

Liz

On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 11:30:21AM -0600, Kyle Moore wrote:
> For the people that use Redhat. How do you keep track of patches
> available for a current distribution? I just went to the web site again
> to see if there were any new patches for Redhat 6.0 and come to find
> that 6.0 is no longer listed. I get a weekly update from HP regarding
> patches relevant to the OS and software we use. Does Redhat have
> anything like that? I have subscribed to the announce list before but
> seem to remember that it was mostly new packages. I am specifically
> interested in security related issues.
> 
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