Thank you *very* much for your help. I really appreciate it.
---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:39:41 -0400 > Subject: Re: SL Minor Version Upgrade Question > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Dormition Skete > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. > > > > We already have a server using SL6.0. I see that 6.1 is probably going to > > be coming out soon. If we just keep our server updated, will it > > automatically "become" a 6.1 server, or do we need to download a new 6.1 > > DVD when it comes out, and go through the upgrade process to make the > > server 6.1? > > > > Any help with this will be appreciated. > > Almost entirely, yes. There may be subtle distinctions, but this is > actually what the upstream vendor dues for supported systems: simply > keep the systems subscribed to the update channels, and the > configurations will be close enough for production work. > > Discrepancies may include subtle format changes in configuration files > that were edited locally and did not get replaced, and old packages > such as kernels that were left in place and not removed with the > upgrade process, but our favorite upstream vendor works *amazingly > hard* to make sure those are correctly handled to preserve your local > configuratoins safely, not create compatibility problems or leave > debris behind. > > It can get tricky, especially if the "fasttrack" or "optional" > packages were activated and later moved to "updates" from upstream, > but I'm overall very impressed with our favorite upstream vendor's > handling of this.
