yum-security doesn't work with CentOS.

On Oct 10, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Aaron Grewell wrote:
> AFAIK there's no native way.  I would do this with a set of defines wrapped 
> around the yum-security package (which allows you to list and operate on 
> security updates only).
> 
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Jo Rhett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am I overlooking a native way to update vulnerable packages only if they are 
> already installed? There's no option to set a package to 'latest' only if 
> installed.  OnlyIf and Unless don't operate on package resources.
> (Yum/CentOS but I imagine the issue is the same for all platforms)
> 
> No, running a "yum upgrade all" is not plausible. Maintaining a list of 
> packages which should be upgraded is plausible and expected.
> 
> The obvious thing seems to be creatinga ruby fact that loads all packages 
> into facts and then doing the logic based around that, but Luke and other 
> have expressed concerns over doing this in the past.  Is there a better way?
> 
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