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
>
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