It is my understanding that only the latest version of a package will be downloaded as a higher/later package version number supercedes everything.
Satellite will then only download the one package in question and your systems will be fully patched. It should be easy to test. Build a test system and watch the output of a yum update. Regards > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rhelv5-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erling Ringen Elvsrud > Sent: 15 May 2008 11:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [rhelv5-list] Kernel patching of a RHEL 5 system with many > pendingkernel patches > > I have one (maybe obvious) question. > > Lets say I have the following situation. I have a RHEL 5 server which > have not been update for months and many kernel erratas has been > released. > > My understanding is that the latest released kernel errata includes > all previous erratas, so a kernel errata simply replaces the old > kernel image with a new one. > Is this correct? > > That leads to another question, how will RHN / Red Hat Satellite > server react if my previous assumptions are correct. Will the system > get a status of fully patched if only the latest kernel errata is > installed? > > Thanks, > > Erling > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
