On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 11:41 -0800, Scott Silva wrote: > on 1/25/2008 3:02 PM Robert Spangler spake the following: > > On Sunday 20 January 2008 13:11, Robert Spangler wrote: > > > >> I want to use UP2DATE to alert me to updates that are available but still > >> use yum to make the update. Up2date alerts me and i see what is available > >> and then update with yum. Up2date icon still shows updates are available. > >> How can I get up2date to know that the system has been updated? > > > > Since no one has responded can I assume (yeah, I know) that this is not > > possible? > > > > > If you update with yum, eventually the updates icon catches up and shows the > new status. But it isn't instantaneous. It can take a while. I'm not sure how > often the up2date system polls. Piqued my curiosity. "locate update" provided a lot of places to look. "man -k up2date" gave 2 that might be a good starting point? > <snip sig stuff> HTH -- Bill