On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (ref: > https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/redhat-list/2003-March/172226.html) > > There was a thread yesterday about using up2date with pre-downloaded rpms > (very useful for poor 56k phone-modem users). However I tried all the > suggestions given but it didn't work. > > Here's the problem: > > When I run up2date not connected to the internet, it complains about name > resolution.
That's right. up2date likes to compare your current rpm status with the most recent updates. That's it purpose. > When I run up2date connected, I can't prevent up2date from dowloading the > packages from the internet. The ones that it is trying to download, are they previously downloaded and do you have the -k parameter set? Of course, you could also set --nodownload on the command line... Ed -- http://www.shorewall.net/ for all your firewall needs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
