On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Ritika Garg <ritikagarg25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have centOS5.3 installed in the system. I have never updated it but now am > planning to update. While doing "yum update", is there any possibility that > the update might hamper the execution of any software/application installed > on the system? Is there anything particular to note before updating the > system? > > _______________________________________________ I haven't had any problems in updating CentOS 5.3 to 5.4 or even 5.5 directly. Although I normally use yum upgrade instead of yum update, but the process would probably be the same for both "yum update" and "yum upgrade" in this case. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos