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Subject:    Re: [opensuse-security] Automatic update silently broken after removing zmd-updater, zen, and rug (O
From:       Marcus Meissner <meissner () suse ! de>
Date:       2007-11-27 7:39:26
Message-ID: 20071127073926.GL29307 () suse ! de
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:25:04AM +0100, Sven.Hartrumpf@FernUni-Hagen.de wrote:
> Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:22:11 +0100 (CET), I wrote:
> 
> > Automatic weekly updates stopped working after I did a
> >
> > rpm -e zmd-updater zen rug
> >
> > for OpenSUSE 10.2 machines.
> > If this is my fault,
> > configuring (again) automatic update in yast should warn me that
> > automatic updates will not work.
> 
> I am still trying to get automatic updates working again.
> The help text for "automatic online update" in yast tells
> me that this will be done with a daily cron job.
> (BTW: this sounds strange because I selected "weekly" updates.)
> In which file is this cron job to be written?

Install the "zypper" RPM. Run the YAST module that sets up 
automated updates and change them a bit (or disable/enable).

This should pick up that you want to use zypper instead of rug
and then write a working cronjob.

Ciao, Marcus
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