Thanks to all who responded. There was indeed a typo in de scientific.org documentation. Therefor I have succeeded in upgrading to 5.11.
Also David mentioned: > Without installing the yum-conf-5x package, you can most likely do an upgrade doing: yum --releasever=5.11 update sl-release yum clean all yum update < (@Pat) I remember this was also in the documentation on the old scientific.org website... maybe add this to the new site? Regards, Carel van der Werf -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Riehecky Sent: 04 February, 2015 18:02 To: Doug Johnson; [email protected] Subject: Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Upgrade from SL 5.3 Documentation updated, thanks for finding this! Pat On 02/04/2015 10:59 AM, Doug Johnson wrote: > Greetings, > > Perhaps it is a typo in the documentation? > > {root}> yum search yum-conf > Loaded plugins: kernel-module, priorities > 463 packages excluded due to repository priority protections > ================================================================ Matched: > yum-conf ================================================================ > yum-conf.noarch : RPM installer/updater config files > yum-conf-5x.noarch : RPM installer/updater config files > yum-conf-adobe.i686 : linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration > yum-conf-adobe.x86_64 : linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration > yum-conf-elrepo.noarch : ElRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository > release file > yum-conf-epel.noarch : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository > configuration > > But I don't use this method, so take this with a grain of salt. > > Hope this helps, > doug > > >> Hi, >> I have several different releases of Scientific Linux running, and now one = >> of my spare-fileservers is repowerd again >> Then I found out it is still running SL 5.3, so I would like to update to 5= >> .11, but ScienticfLinux.org in its FAQ only mentions: >> >> How do I update to the latest release? >> >> To upgrade from SL 5.5 (or any older SL 5 release) to the latest SL 5, = >> simply install yum-conf-sl5x >> To upgrade from SL 6.1 (or any older SL 6 release) to the latest SL 6, = >> simply install yum-conf-sl6x >> Upgrades between major versions (from SL 5 to SL 6, or SL 6 to SL 7) ar= >> e not supported. >> >> Starting with Scientific Linux 5.9 and Scientific Linux 6.4, the 'x' repo i= >> s installed by default. >> So: >> # yum install yum-conf-sl5x=20 >> >> Shows: >> "No package yum-conf-sl5x available" (from ftp1.scientificlinux.org)=20 >> >> Therefor: Is the phrase " or any older SL 5 release " correct ? >> >> Regards, >> Carel=20 >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Doug Johnson email: [email protected] > B390, Duane Physics (303)-492-4506 Office > Boulder, CO 80309 (303)-492-5119 FAX > http://www.aaccchildren.org > > http://www-hep.colorado.edu/support/fulbright > > Father, father, father. We don't need to escalate > War is not the answer, 'cause only love can conquer hate. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux developer Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory www.fnal.gov www.scientificlinux.org
