Re: [cobalt-users] Newbie question on patches for RaQ 4i

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> I'm a new Cobalt/linux user coming from a Sun Solaris background.
> Most things seem fairly obvious once you figure your way around
> the GUI administrative environment.  The one thing that I have
> not stumbled across is how to deal with patches.
>
> How do you tell what patches are installed??

check things by hand or see below

> Do you need to be in single user mode to apply patches??

nope never

> Does the 4i have some type of a nice patch tool like PatchDiagTool
> like in the Solaris world??

nope, we don't do that

> Is there some type of a FAQ or something that someone could
> send me the URL on that covers patching in the Cobalt/linux world???
> I have RTFM'ed the RaQ 4 manual several times, and although
> it covers quite a few topics, patches, are just
> not that obvious to me.

In the cobalt world we use .pkg files or "packages" which contain "RPMS" and
sometimes "patches" that (we hope) automaticly apply during the "update".
Those patches normally just "patch" conf files that are not updated by the
"RPMS".  The RPMS then contain the complied "Program" with all patches that
are required already applied.

Now history....  we don't have history but we do keep track of things with
package numbers (.pkg files) "version numbers" (.rpm files) and thats about
it...

rpm -qa to see a list of rpms
/usr/local/sbin/list_upgrades   to see a list of upgrade packages
and
`what carrie said`
and Rpms are a redhat linux thing

Zeffie
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