User manual REDHAT NETWORK 3.7 CHANNEL MANAGEMENTT GUIDE

[. . . ] Red Hat Network 3. 7 Channel Management Guide Red Hat Network 3. 7: Channel Management Guide Copyright © 2002 - 2005 by Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh NC 27606-2072 USA Phone: +1 919 754 3700 Phone: 888 733 4281 Fax: +1 919 754 3701 PO Box 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA channel-mgmt(EN)-3. 7-RHI (2005-03-16T12:14) Copyright © 2005 by Red Hat, Inc. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, V1. 0 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www. opencontent. org/openpub/). Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. [. . . ] Subsequent clones of the same advisory have their second letters bumped to denote their order, such as "CM" and "CN". These labels can be altered through the Managed Errata Details page. Refer to Section 5. 2 Managed Errata Details for instructions. In addition to the Merge option, previously cloned Errata contain values within the Owned Errata column. The Erratum label is linked to its details page. The "pub" and "mod" flags within · · Chapter 4. Custom Channel and Package Management 13 parentheses identify whether the cloned Erratum has been published or modified from the original advisory. A plus sign (+) before the flag indicates affirmative, the cloned Errata has been published. A minus sign (-) before the flag denotes negative, for instance "-mod" may mean a package has been deleted. To find out more about publishing and editing custom Errata, refer to Section 5. 1 Manage Errata. To exclude Errata from the cloned channel, select Do Nothing from their dropdown menus. When satisfied with the changes, click Clone Errata. Review the impending changes on the confirmation page and click Update Errata. · Packages -- Provides the packages associated with each of your custom channels. This tab contains subtabs that allow you to view, add, and remove packages: List/Remove and Add. · List/Remove -- Displays all of the packages currently associated with the custom channel and provides a means to cancel that association. To remove packages from the channel, select their checkboxes and click Remove Packages on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. A confirmation page appears with the packages to be removed listed. Click Confirm to complete the action. Important Users should note that this list differs from the package list available through the standard Software Channel Details page in that it displays all versions of a package remaining in the database, rather than just the latest. Therefore, you may revert to a previous version of a package simply by removing the latest version. · Add -- Enables the addition of packages to the channel. To see available packages, select an option from the View dropdown menu and click View. To add packages to the channel you are editing, select the appropriate checkboxes and click Add Packages. Refer to Section 4. 6 Assigning Packages to Software Channels for a comprehensive discussion of this process. Compare -- Enables the comparison of package lists between different channels. [. . . ] Exclude packages that matches this glob expression. Force upload of a package, even if a package of that name and version currently exists in the channel. Without this option, uploading a pre-existing package will return an error. Don't fail if packages are unsigned. -n=, --count=N_HEADERS_PER_CALL -l, --list -r=, --reldir=RELATIVE_DIRECTORY -o=, --orgid=ORGANIZATION_ID -u=, --username=USERNAME -p=, --password=PASSWORD -s, --stdin -X=, --exclude=GLOB --force --nosig Chapter 6. [. . . ]