Problem registering with RHN

[William Hooper]

hunger  said:
> So now if I want to install Red Hat programs, I have to use yum via the
> command line?

Unless you want to use up2date.

>> The up2date version included can use yum
>> and
>> apt repositories.

> I see that up2date is restricted to merely updating programs from yum
> repositories.

>> The up2date version included can use yum
>> and
>> apt repositories.

> But why not:
>
> 1.  Make a yum GUI front-end.

Why not use up2date?

> 2.  Integrate the yum GUI front-end with the "Red Hat Network Alert
> Notification Tool", allowing the user to both INSTALL AND UPDATE any
> program from the same integrated GUI front-end.

Or make rhn-applet aware of yum and apt repositories (hint: it does yum
now, not sure about apt)

> 3.  Allow the user to browse and add/remove different 3rd party yum
> repositories, perhaps based on a master list with which each 3rd party
> yum repository would be responsible registering.

Hey, and we could put it in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources ...

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William Hooper