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SuSE Linux: Versions since 5.0
The local support database (SDB) is too old.
Every night S.u.S.E. creates a package of the up-to-date SDB documents
and puts it on its ftp server in the directory
ftp://ftp.suse.com/suse_update/misc/
in RPM
and TGZ
format.
Since rpm
also contains an FTP client, it is possible
to easily update the local SDB with the command
rpm -U ftp://ftp.suse.com/suse_update/misc/sdb.rpm
There are some WWW-to-Mail gateways, which you can use to receive
WWW documents via mail. E.g. w3mail@gmd.de
-- enter "help
" for the subject and you will get instructions.
You can for example order the history file
http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb/history.html in regular intervals via such a gateway.
You can then choose the interesting articles according to the history file.
You need at least rpm version 2.4.10. This version -- packed with an older rpm-version -- is available from our ftp server at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/suse51/rpm/rpm.rpm. Install it with the command
rpm -U ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/suse51/rpm/rpm.rpm
It is highly recommended to also update YaST at the same time :
rpm -U ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/suse51/a1/yast.rpm
It cannot be guaranteed, that this version of YaST will cooperate
flawlessly with older versions of the base system. In order to
avoid trouble, you should also update the complete base system
(series "a
"; see ke_update.html#basis).
It might happen, that you must also update the CGI scripts, such that searching the helpsystem still works :
rpm -U ftp://ftp.suse.com/suse_update/misc/sdb_cgi.rpm
If you're doing this update in a very old version of »S.u.S.E. Linux«,
you must ensure, that the documents and CGI scripts can be found by your
old WWW server (Apache). It might be necessary to copy the CGI scripts from
/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin
to /httpd/cgi-bin
and to
create a link from /httpd/htdocs/support-db
to the directory
/usr/doc/support-db
:
cd /httpd/htdocs rm -fr support-db ln -s ../../usr/doc/support-db support-db
See also:
Keywords: SDB, SUPPORT, DATABASE
Categories:
Frequently asked Questions
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Feedback welcome: Send Mail to ke@suse.de (Please give the following subject: SDB-ke_sdb-update
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