Steve Huff wrote:
On Sep 4, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Errmm 4.3 updates give 4.4 ???
Hey, I am seeing 195 updates available. That does NOT sound like a a
few patches. More like a total replacement.
this is how RH releases patches (and thus how CentOS releases patches):
1) a new point release comes out (e.g. 4.3)
2) as time passes, updated packages are created and classified into
three categories:
a) security or critical fixes
b) noncritical fixes
c) feature enhancements
3) security and critical fixes are pushed out to the update channels
as soon as they are available
4) noncritical fixes and feature enhancements are not pushed out until
it's time for a new point release (e.g. 4.4)
what it sounds like you want is to stay at 4.3 but still receive...
something? security updates? updates that are magically guaranteed
not to break anything?
Some way to change piecemeal to increase the likelyhood of a working
system. If this system gets hosed for partial updates, I am hosed....
i'm not sure there's a good way to accomplish that. i'd recommend not
running `yum update` until other early adopters have figured out all
the various pitfalls and have documented workarounds.
But then you have to know what to update...
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