Severn updates RHN channel

Gerry Tool gstool at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 25 13:36:13 UTC 2003


Elliot Lee wrote:
> RHN now has a channel populated with Severn updates. It's a great way to
> keep up with the bleeding edge of development, aka Rawhide.
> 
> You'll have to use the RHN web interface to subscribe to this channel. Its
> name is redhat-linux-severn-i386-9.0.93-updates, and on the web interface
> its description is "Red Hat Linux (Severn) 9.0.93 - Beta Updates".
> 
> Some packages are signed with the new rawhide signing key - to get this,
> install the 'rawhide-release' package from the channel, and then import
> the rawhide key contained in that package (using 'rpm --import').
> 
> I will try to keep the channel updated with rawhide packages on a daily
> basis. By subscribing your system to this channel, you accept the risk of
> having broken packages installed on your system, since the packages have
> not necessarily been QA'd. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.
> 

When I access RHN, the only channel listed is the same as you have 
above, without the -updates at the end of the name, and with a 
description   Red Hat Linux (Severn) 9.0.93 - Beta, again without the 
Updates in the name.  What am I missing?

Gerry







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