Lance Davis wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, John Newbigin wrote:
>
>
>>Now that
>>http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.3/updates/i386/RPMS/ is gone (be it
>>by design or error)
>
>
> It hasnt gone - it just contains the same as 3.4 ...
>
> It should be a symlink to 3.4 - and if not then something has gone
> wrong.
>
> (I have just checked the mirrors and it looks like one of them has been
> set up wrong - it is centosl - I will try yo fix it ...)
>
>
>>I assume that all the patches for a CentOS-3.3 box can be found in
>>http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.4/updates/i386/RPMS/
>>
>>Can anyone confirm this?
>
>
> well some of the updates may be in os/ rather than updates/
>
>
>>In other words, Does the 3.4 updates directory contain updates to 3.3
>>and 3.4?
>>
>>If the answer is Yes:
>> Good. Now what about 3.1? Should those updates be in the 3.4
>>directory as well?
>
>
> 3.1 is also a symlink to 3.4
>
>
>>If the answer is No:
>> What am I meant to do with my CentOS-3.3 media? I can not install
>>with it anymore because I can't get patches.
>
>
> of course you can - you install and then update to 3.4
So I need to install from the 3.3 media
And then update to the versions on the 3.4 media
And then install the 3.4 updates?
If I had 3.4 media I could just install off that. I am looking at a
local mirror setup which does not require me to download new CDs every 3
months.
>
>
>>
>>The management of these update directories always causes me confusion
>>though it should be simple.
>
>
> It is simple :)
I still can't figure it out :( Every time I look things have changed.
I also have another question which I will ask here.... it is about the
x86_64 updates
http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.4/updates/x86_64/RPMS/
There are i386 updates in there. Are these required? They are the same
as the i386 versions. If so, I end up downloading them multiple times
which is a pain :(
John.
>
> Regards
> Lance
>
>
>>John.
>>
>>
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>
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John Newbigin
Computer Systems Officer
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin
