01-16-2009
keeping systems updated
I have several RHEL systems that are on an isolated network so I can't run up2date or yum directly on them.
What is the best way to keep these systems updated and patched?
Thanks
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yum-changelog
YUM-CHANGELOG(1) User Manuals YUM-CHANGELOG(1)
NAME
yum-changelog
SYNOPSIS
The yum-changelog package
DESCRIPTION
yum-changelog(1) is a Yum plugin for viewing package changelogs before/after updating. yum will invoke yum-changelog(1) plugin if the
--changelog option or the changelog command is used with yum.
OPTIONS
--changelog
Show changelog delta of updated packages
COMMANDS
changelog
Show changelog data of packages listed (same format as the list command). The first argument is required and is either "all" for
all the changelog entries, a date for the changelog entries since a specified point in time or a number for a given number of
changelog entries.
FILES
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/changelog.conf
The system wide configuration file. See yum-changelog.conf(5) for more information.
EXAMPLES
# yum changelog 2008-Jan yum*
Listing changelogs since: 2008-01-18
yum-versionlock-1.1.11-1.fc8.noarch installed
* Wed Jan 30 17:00:00 2008 Tim Lauridsen <timlau@fedoraproject.org>
- mark as 1.1.11
changelog stats. 33 pkgs, 12 source pkgs, 1 changelog
# yum update ktechlab --changelog
Loading "changelog" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
[..]
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package ktechlab.i386 0:0.3-6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Changes in packages about to be updated:
ktechlab - 0.3-6.i386
* Wed Nov 22 23:00:00 2006 Chitlesh Goorah - 0.3-6
- Rebuilt due to new gpsim-devel release
BUGS
There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if
unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.
AVAILABILITY
yum-changelog is available via:
# yum install yum-changelog
AUTHORS
Chitlesh Goorah <chitlesh@fedoraproject.org>
Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@laiskiainen.org>
James Antill <james@and.org>
SEE ALSO
yum(1)
08 February 2007 YUM-CHANGELOG(1)