[CentOS] Up2date issue today

[Jason Pyeron]

RHEL script compatibility.

No yum use here.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:22
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Up2date issue today
> 
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > Centos 4 i386
> > 
> > [root at fiftyeight ~]# up2date -u lynx
> > There was a fatal error communicating with the server. The 
> message was:
> > 
> > An HTTP error occurred:
> > URL: 
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/i386//headers/header.info
> > Status Code: 404
> > Error Message: Not Found
> 
> I have updated the extras now to have the older header info 
> for up2date
> ... HOWEVER, you are much better off using yum instead of up2date.
> 
> up2date is MUCH slower than yum (it works with individual header files
> instead of a combined metadata file) and up2date can not use plugins
> like fastestmirror or priorities.
> 
> Remember ... the part of up2date that el4 uses for RHN is 
> mcuh different
> than the part that is used for yum repos like in centos.  It is
> basically just a yum-2.0 that is built into up2date ... only it is not
> even all the yum-2.0 functionality.  The yum in centos-4 is 
> considerably
> better than up2date ... which is why the removed it from el5 :D
> 
> If you want a GUI ... yumex is in extras too.
> 
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
> 
>