[PLUG] Red Hat 7.2 Update Procedure Questions

[Kyle Accardi]

Robert wrote:

> I appriciate the help, but this is still waaaay too advanced for my Linux 
> skills.  There were over 100 updates listed and I'm afraid I'd either lose 
> my sanity or go back to Windows 3.0 before updating this many strange 
> looking (at least to me) files manually.
> 
> Robert


If you are running a workstation that intermittently connects to the 
internet, there are very few that are crucial.

I understand the desire to keep everything updated, even things I'm not 
currently using.

IMO, these should be updated (the rest can wait)

e2fsprogs 
	if you're using any ext3 filesystems
iptables 
	if you're providing firewalling on this machine

util-linux		core functionality


That will probably be enough.  Don't sweat it.  Like I said, any distro of 
the same age is going to have a similiar number of updates.

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Kyle Accardi