Re: Yum Update vs Yum Upgrade

["Fong, Trevor" <trevor.fong@xxxxxx>]

Hi Everyone,

 

Thanks for your messages.  Further to this, it looks like the default settings for RHEL6 does indeed make “yum upgrade” == “yum update --obsoletes”.

Looking at my /etc/yum.conf:

   obsoletes=1

 

Which means that obsoletes is true by default on update.

 

Thanks,

Trev

 

From: 389-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:389-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Barr
Sent: May-20-14 10:41 AM
To: General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project.
Subject: Re: Yum Update vs Yum Upgrade

 

Good Morning,

 

“yum upgrade” === “yum update --obsoletes”

 

where the “—obsoletes” flag says to remove packages that have been made obsolete by the upgrade (say you’re upgrading from 5.9 to 6.5).

 

Cheers!

David

 

On May 20, 2014, at 10:00, 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

 

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