AutoUpdate is a Perl script which performs a task similar to Red Hat's up2date or autorpm. It can be used to automatically download and upgrade RPMs from different HTTP(S) or (S)FTP sites, while also handling dependencies. Moreover, it can also be used to keep a server with a customized (Red Hat) distribution plus all clients up to date.
Re: Creating autoprovides.db takes a long time. > Is it normal senario? Or is there any > solution to shorten this time? Did you install the perl rpm bindings (perl-RPM2), thi...
Re: Also consider apt-rpm What you are saying is only partially true: autoupdate works very well without a reposiory. (BTW, you can set up an autoupdate repository if you want.) Moreover, I ha...
Re: Also consider apt-rpm But somebody has to set up the *repository* for you. And you can only use apt for the software which is in the repository. For example, kile is not part of redhat and i...
Re: Nice program.. I am not sure I understand what you want: It does support file, ftp, http, https, and sftp. Gerald
Re: RH 8.0 version? This is a problem with RPM2. I have fixed this, you can find a patched version at http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/ftp/autoupdate/perl-modules/ (http://www.mat.univie.ac...