swup - Software Updater for Trustix Secure Linux
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         swup  is  the  SoftWare  UPdater  of  TrustixSecureLinux

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| It is written in Python along with its companion RdfGen, and can be        |
| used to keep your system up to date with very little effort.               |
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| It features                                                                |
|   * installation and upgrades of packages                                  |
|   * automatic resolving of dependencies                                    |
|   * Poll-only fuctionality allowing you to see what it is to do            |
|   * strong authentication (using GnuPG)                                    |
|   * easy scheduling                                                        |
|   * multiple repositories                                                  |
|   * filter support allowing for separation of what packages are            |
|     accepted from each repository                                          |
|   * searching abilites both on file and package levels                     |
|   * displaying information of rpm's not yet installed                      |
|   * caching of downloads                                                   |
|   * use of HTTP proxies                                                    |
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swup <operation> [options] [args]

swup --list-upgrade          : find out what packages you need to update

swup --upgrade               : upgrade package

swup --upgrade --poll-only   : check dep and test before actual upgrade

swup --install               : install new package

swup --install --poll-only   : check dep and test before actual install

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Check updates available for currently installed rpm packages on system:

  swup --list-upgrade

checking for updates looks like this...

root@boxen /usr/local/mohaa# swup --list-upgrade 
Fetching upgrade info
'http://http.trustix.org/pub/trustix/releases/trustix-2.1/i586/trustix/rdfs/latest.rdf'
Fetching upgrade info
'ftp://ftp.trustix.org/pub/trustix/releases/trustix-2.1/i586/trustix/rdfs/latest.rdf'

Your system is up to date.

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You can use swup to install rpm packages not already on your system.  For
example, you decide to install the courier-imap package for mail.  To install
this package from the latest rpm symply type:

  swup --install courier-imap


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swup + Trustix as a combination has proven to be somewhat disappointing.
Often there are Trustix packages available that cannot be obtained or upgraded
with swup.  The exact reason for this is unknown.

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Here are some examples of using swup:

* Upgrade python package to latest.
  swup --upgrade python





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Tue Sep 21 13:19:33 CDT 2004
Sun Apr  8 11:34:48 CDT 2007