[TriLUG] is there an up2date ( or MandrakeUpate) like product for my company to use?

[Roy Vestal]

You also can use Current, an up2date server implementation that our own 
Hunter M. developed (thanks Hunter!).  In a nutshell, you maintain your 
own "up2date" server, and it dessiminates the rpms to your clients. it 
uses the "native" up2date client that comes with RedHat. I do not know if 
it works with mandrake.

This way, you can test/control your rpms so that a "fixed" one doesn't 
crash/frump a client.

here is the freshmeat project page:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/current


HTH...



On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Sinner from the Prairy wrote:

> On Friday 13 December 2002 03:47 pm, H Brett Bolen wrote:
> > Is there a utility like up2date or MandrakeUpdate that I can use
> > for my company.
> 
> > We have maybe 5 rpms might change, and I'd like to keep the
> > users up to date.
> 
> > thanks
> > b
> 
> You have 3 options:
> 
> - up2date (client) + current (rpm server)
> - apt-get (client) + ftp server "apt-get read" (rpm server)
> - rpmdrake - GUI- / MandrakeUpdate - GUI- / urpmi - CLI  (client) + ftp server 
> with hdlist (rpm server)
> 
> For RedHat clients, any one of the first two options
> For Mandrake clients, any one of the last two options
> For Debian clients, any the second option
> 
> 
> Salut,
> Sinner
> 

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