Re: [suse-sparc] online updates with yast2

From: Kevin Pfeiffer (pfeiffer_at_iu-bremen.de)
Date: Fri Dec 20 2002 - 00:12:40 CET

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    From: Kevin Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@iu-bremen.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 00:12:40 +0100
Message-Id: <200212200012.14111.pfeiffer@iu-bremen.de>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] online updates with yast2

    Hi all,

    Schaefer, Robert (PS) wrote:
    > I believe that's the same problem that I saw a while ago...
    [...]
    > ...Here's the details: (From a very helpful Jonathan Zimmerman...
    [...]
    > >1. The online update facility in Yast2 determines the distribution
    > > version from /var/lib/YaST/update.inf. If you look on your machine,
    > > you'll probably note the file doesn't exist. Here's how to create it:
    > > insert CD1, then run
    > >"/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/create_update_inf /cdrom/suse/setup/descr"...
    > > this should create update.inf and allow you to use the online
    > > update feature.
    [...]

    This was exactly my problem and this fixed it.

    > >2. The CD version warning you receive is probably because of corrupt
    > > information
    > >under /var/adm/current_package_descr/.
    [...]

    I saw these warnings and skipped over them (mal sahen was daraus entsteht).
    Der Timo läuft wieder! Many thanks to everyone who responded, including
    Dieter Jurzitza for the script he sent.

    (Not sure if I should write English or German here) ;-)

    Noch mal Danke an alle und schöne Weihnachten! 

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