Re: [CentOS] "Point Releases" Question
On 9/14/09, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > Let say 5.4 goes out today; If I fully update (today) my 5.2 system...will > it > be equivalent to 5.4 (all RPM packages with same version/release number?)? > Or is it possible for the new point release to include NEW packages that > weren't on the base relase (in this case CentOS 5)? Previous replies did not mention that if your box is a server, for security reasons, you should not be running 5.2 at this time. You should be running 5.3 and fully updated. Read the Release Notes, before upgrading. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] "Point Releases" Question
On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 10:51 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Let say 5.4 goes out today; If I fully update (today) my 5.2 system...will > it > be equivalent to 5.4 (all RPM packages with same version/release number?)? Yes. > Or is it possible for the new point release to include NEW packages that > weren't on the base relase (in this case CentOS 5)? Yes. The release notes will have a section if/which packages have been removed or are new to the release (or have been updated). Ralph ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] "Point Releases" Question
Jorge Fábregas wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Let say 5.4 goes out today; If I fully update (today) my 5.2 system...will > it > be equivalent to 5.4 (all RPM packages with same version/release number?)? > > Or is it possible for the new point release to include NEW packages that > weren't on the base relase (in this case CentOS 5)? In general, you'll get the current version of the same packages you have installed. However, it is possible for some packages to be reorganized, have new dependencies, or for some new package to obsolete and replace an older one so you end up with the same functionality as before even if you have some different package names. If you run "yum update" interactively it will show you what it plans to do and wait for confirmation. You can answer no if you don't like it. But read the release notes first in case there are special requirements like there were for 5.3 (update glibc\* first). -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] "Point Releases" Question
On Monday 14 September 2009 10:59:58 am Ralph Angenendt wrote: > The release notes will have a section if/which packages have been > removed or are new to the release (or have been updated). Thanks for clarifying Ralph. All clear now. All the best, Jorge ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
