Re: [CentOS] how to downgrade from CentOS 5.2 to CentOS 5.1?

2008-06-25 Thread Johnny Hughes

Rudi Ahlers wrote:

Johnny Hughes wrote:

Rudi Ahlers wrote:
I've run into some trouble with a new cPanel VPS, and noticed that 
it's running CentOS by default, installed via the CentOS http server.


My question is, how do I downgrade CentOS to 5.1?



There is no way to downgrade, however you can install from a 
centos-5.1 tree, but centos-5.1 is 5.2 minus a bunch of security 
upgrades.


We will eventually be moving the 5.1 tree to vault.centos.org, but if 
you want to use it for an extended period of time, you should probably 
download the tree to a local mirror.






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Ok, I understand that, I'm just trying to avoid downloading  
reinstalling the software on there already.



You can do:

rpm -qa --last  lastest_rpms

then edit the file latest_rpms and see what was installed on the upgrade.

You can then downgrade by hand the packages that are causing your 
problems or all of them using:


rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --replacefiles path_to_old_package




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Re: [CentOS] how to downgrade from CentOS 5.2 to CentOS 5.1?

2008-06-25 Thread Rudi Ahlers

Johnny Hughes wrote:

Rudi Ahlers wrote:

Johnny Hughes wrote:

Rudi Ahlers wrote:
I've run into some trouble with a new cPanel VPS, and noticed that 
it's running CentOS by default, installed via the CentOS http server.


My question is, how do I downgrade CentOS to 5.1?



There is no way to downgrade, however you can install from a 
centos-5.1 tree, but centos-5.1 is 5.2 minus a bunch of security 
upgrades.


We will eventually be moving the 5.1 tree to vault.centos.org, but 
if you want to use it for an extended period of time, you should 
probably download the tree to a local mirror.




 



___
  
Ok, I understand that, I'm just trying to avoid downloading  
reinstalling the software on there already.



You can do:

rpm -qa --last  lastest_rpms

then edit the file latest_rpms and see what was installed on the upgrade.

You can then downgrade by hand the packages that are causing your 
problems or all of them using:


rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --replacefiles path_to_old_package




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Yes, I could do it like this, but this is on a fresh installation of 
CentOS, not an upgrade, so I have no packages to compare it to :(


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RE: [CentOS] how to downgrade from CentOS 5.2 to CentOS 5.1?

2008-06-25 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Rudi Ahlers wrote:

 Johnny Hughes wrote:
  Rudi Ahlers wrote:
  Johnny Hughes wrote:
  Rudi Ahlers wrote:
  I've run into some trouble with a new cPanel VPS, and noticed that 
  it's running CentOS by default, installed via the CentOS http server.
 
  My question is, how do I downgrade CentOS to 5.1?
 
 
  There is no way to downgrade, however you can install from a 
  centos-5.1 tree, but centos-5.1 is 5.2 minus a bunch of security 
  upgrades.
 
  We will eventually be moving the 5.1 tree to vault.centos.org, but 
  if you want to use it for an extended period of time, you should 
  probably download the tree to a local mirror.
 
  Ok, I understand that, I'm just trying to avoid downloading  
  reinstalling the software on there already.
 
  You can do:
 
  rpm -qa --last  lastest_rpms
 
  then edit the file latest_rpms and see what was installed on the upgrade.
 
  You can then downgrade by hand the packages that are causing your 
  problems or all of them using:
 
  rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --replacefiles path_to_old_package
 
 
 Yes, I could do it like this, but this is on a fresh installation of 
 CentOS, not an upgrade, so I have no packages to compare it to :(
 

Well it's not really a downgrade then if it was never upgraded to
begin with?

Best thing to do is to create a local mirror of the 5.1 branch, re-install
from that mirror and make sure your systems yum off it until your
ready to switch to the 5.2 branch, which I also advise you make a local
repo of it, so in the future you can be fully in control of your change
management process.

-Ross

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Re: [CentOS] how to downgrade from CentOS 5.2 to CentOS 5.1?

2008-06-24 Thread Johnny Hughes

Rudi Ahlers wrote:
I've run into some trouble with a new cPanel VPS, and noticed that it's 
running CentOS by default, installed via the CentOS http server.


My question is, how do I downgrade CentOS to 5.1?



There is no way to downgrade, however you can install from a centos-5.1 
tree, but centos-5.1 is 5.2 minus a bunch of security upgrades.


We will eventually be moving the 5.1 tree to vault.centos.org, but if 
you want to use it for an extended period of time, you should probably 
download the tree to a local mirror.






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Re: [CentOS] how to downgrade from CentOS 5.2 to CentOS 5.1?

2008-06-24 Thread Rudi Ahlers

Johnny Hughes wrote:

Rudi Ahlers wrote:
I've run into some trouble with a new cPanel VPS, and noticed that 
it's running CentOS by default, installed via the CentOS http server.


My question is, how do I downgrade CentOS to 5.1?



There is no way to downgrade, however you can install from a 
centos-5.1 tree, but centos-5.1 is 5.2 minus a bunch of security 
upgrades.


We will eventually be moving the 5.1 tree to vault.centos.org, but if 
you want to use it for an extended period of time, you should probably 
download the tree to a local mirror.






___
  
Ok, I understand that, I'm just trying to avoid downloading  
reinstalling the software on there already.


--

Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux

Web:   http://www.SoftDux.com
Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other 
technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff

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