Re: Really strange up2date behavior [SOLVED]

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>  Am Di, den 14.12.2004 schrieb Qian Qiao um 18:17:
>
>  > Trying use yum instead. I think it is encouraged to use yum instead of
>  > up2date for FC releases. Instructions on yum are in man pages.
>
>  > -- Joe
>
>  Sorry, I disagree with this recommendation. This does not answer the
>  question about up2date's behaviour. 
Thanks.  I would think that if yum were the official preferred tool, it
would be the tool that pops up when one clicks the up2date taskbar icon.

>  To Matthew:
>  Check the header files the strange behaving Fedora host contains below
>  /var/spool/up2date. Anything specific to be said about the emacs .hdr
>  file(s)? Maybe erase them and let them be refetched. 
And that did it.  Thanks!

>  Alexander
>
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		Matthew Saltzman

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