Adding yum updates to a RH8 or RH9 or FC1 machine

• Get the yum source code, and install it.

  
  wget http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/os/SRPMS/yum-2.0.5-1.src.rpm
  rpm -i yum-2.0.5-1.src.rpm
  cd /usr/src/somewhere-is-the-yum-source-code
  ./configure
  make
  make install
  
  



• Create a yum.conf file that points at the http://download.fedoralegacy.org/ site like:

  
  [main]
  cachedir=/var/cache/yum
  debuglevel=2
  logfile=/var/log/yum.log
  pkgpolicy=newest
  distroverpkg=redhat-release
  tolerant=1
  exactarch=1
  
  [base-8]
  name=Red Hat Linux $releasever - $basearch - Base
  baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/8.0/os/i386/
  
  [updates-8]
  name=Red Hat Linux $releasever - Updates
  baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/8.0/updates/i386/
  
  [base-9]
  name=Red Hat Linux $releasever - $basearch - Base
  baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/os/i386/
  
  [updates-9]
  name=Red Hat Linux $releasever - $basearch - Base
  baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/
  
  [base-FC1]
  name=FC1
  baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/os/i386/
  
  [updates-FC1]   
  name=Red Hat Linux $releasever - Updates
  baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/
  



• Run "yum update" to get all the relevant patches. Set this up to run every night as a cron job.