Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your messages.  Further to this, it looks like the default settings 
for RHEL6 does indeed make "yum upgrade" == "yum update --obsoletes".
Looking at my /etc/yum.conf:
   obsoletes=1

Which means that obsoletes is true by default on update.

Thanks,
Trev

From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Barr
Sent: May-20-14 10:41 AM
To: General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project.
Subject: Re: [389-users] Yum Update vs Yum Upgrade

Good Morning,

"yum upgrade" === "yum update --obsoletes"

where the "-obsoletes" flag says to remove packages that have been made 
obsolete by the upgrade (say you're upgrading from 5.9 to 6.5).

Cheers!
David

On May 20, 2014, at 10:00, Rich Megginson 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:


On 05/20/2014 10:58 AM, Fong, Trevor wrote:
Hi Everyone,

After taking over the LDAP service from a colleague, I updated the 389 DS 
service to the latest release by issuing a "yum update ...".  Then when 
searching around the 389-ds documentation, I came across the install page that 
said that I must use "yum upgrade ..." and not update.

My question is what's the difference between yum update and upgrade?

I think they are the same.  If someone knows any difference between "yum 
update" and "yum upgrade" I'd like to hear it.


Is it OK if I leave it like that or should I do the yum upgrade?

It is OK to leave it like that.


The service seems to be running OK after "yum update", so far.

I went from 1.2.11.15-14.el6_4 --> 1.2.11.29-1.el6

Thanks,
Trev

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