The yum man page explains it: basically upgrade removes obsoleted packages. I don’t know that it will affect the 389 packages but it’s always a good idea to use upgrade with caution. -morgan On May 20, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/20/2014 10:58 AM, Fong, Trevor wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> After taking over the LDAP service from a colleague, I updated the 389 DS service to the latest release by issuing a “yum update …”. Then when searching around the 389-ds documentation, I came across the install page that said that I must use “yum upgrade …” and not update. >> >> My question is what’s the difference between yum update and upgrade? > > I think they are the same. If someone knows any difference between "yum update" and "yum upgrade" I'd like to hear it. > >> Is it OK if I leave it like that or should I do the yum upgrade? > > It is OK to leave it like that. > >> The service seems to be running OK after “yum update”, so far. >> >> I went from 1.2.11.15-14.el6_4 --> 1.2.11.29-1.el6 >> >> Thanks, >> Trev >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Trevor Fong – Senior Programmer Analyst >> Identity and Access Management Group >> University of British Columbia – Information Technology >> 6356 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada >> Ph: (604) 827-5247 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 389 users mailing list >> >> 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
