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Section 4.2:Choosing Packages to Update 37
Figure 4–2 Welcome Screen
4.2 Choosing Packages to Update
After clicking
Next
on the Welcome Screen, the dialog box in Figure 4–3, Retrieve Update Information
will appear. This means that a connection to Red Hat Network is being established and that your
customized list of updates is being retreived. This might take some time, depending on the speed of
your connection and the number of packages you have installed.
Figure 4–3 Retrieve Update Information
While you see this dialog box, Red Hat Update Agent uses your unique Digital Certificate
(
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
) to determine if there are any updated packages available