I don't see why 5.1 can't just be used. Is there really enough difference that you know of thats stopping you?
On Dec 30, 2007 7:41 PM, Sharpe, Sam J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've recently installed RHEL5.0 on 15 Fujitsu RX200S3 boxes. > > For reasons of support (Fujitsu Computer Systems does not > > support RHEL5.1 yet), I need to keep the systems at release > > level 5.0. I want to update the boxes to the most current > > pkgs within release 5.0. Is there a way to configure yum > > to update *within* the current release level but *not* to > > upgrade to 5.1? > > There is no such thing at the moment (at least not that I can > see in RHN). As soon as you add a single update, it is no longer > technically 5.0, it is e.g. 5.0.0.1. > > There was lots of talk about having separate update channels for > each point release, such that you could have a system subscribed > to the 4.2.X updates channel and it would be RHEL4.2 with > critical updates only. A vendor could then choose to support > e.g. RHEL4.2.X > > I haven't seen any sign of that system being introduced yet... > perhaps it is slated for a future release. I haven't been paying > any real attention as I'm very cavalier about feeding higher > point releases to other applications, doubtless someone else > will be more informative! > > But anyway, the answer for you I think is no. You can install a > system at 5.0, but there is no route to get selective updates. > > -- > Sam > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > >
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