Re: Live Upgrade for Linux

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 01:41:20PM -0600, Kelly Sauke wrote:
> Does anyone know of any software for linux that acts similar to "Live
> Upgrade" in Solaris or "Alternate Release Areas" in DG/UX?

I don't know what "Live Upgrade" or "Alternate Release Areas" are, but I _think_ you are talking about automatic updating tools.

Debian's apt is tried and true.

RedHat's up2date is newer, and seems to keep people happy.

Mandrake has something, but I can't recall its name. upnrm or something.

I bet SuSE's YAST2 has something similar.

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